Date/Time
10/6/2025
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Mountain
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Mountain
Event Type(s)
Community Event
Event Description
White Sands National Park will hold its final Full Moon Night event of the year on Monday, October 6, 2025, at 6:30 pm. In partnership with Western National Parks, we are pleased to host a ranger presentation at the White Sands October Full Moon Night event. Join Resource Management Program Manager, David Bustos who will explore the fascinating story of prey and predators as he guides you through a journey of life here at White Sands that will take you back to 23,000 years ago. Learn the tales of ancient humans, how they hunted, how they lived, and the current study of the fossilized footprints found at White Sands which are uncovering this riveting story.
White Sands has the largest collection of Ice Age era fossilized footprints in the Americas. Human footprints along with the footprints of giant ground sloths, mammoths, camels, dire wolves, and other Ice Age animals have been found by the thousands and is currently the focus of groundbreaking research.
White Sands has the largest collection of Ice Age era fossilized footprints in the Americas. Human footprints along with the footprints of giant ground sloths, mammoths, camels, dire wolves, and other Ice Age animals have been found by the thousands and is currently the focus of groundbreaking research.
Location
Setting: In-Person
White Sands National Park Natural Outdoor Amphitheater
19955 Hwy 70 W
Alamogordo, NM 88310
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White Sands National Park Natural Outdoor Amphitheater
19955 Hwy 70 W
Alamogordo, NM 88310
Click here for Google Maps
Contact Person
WHSA Interpretation
(phone: 575-479-6124 ext 236)
(phone: 575-479-6124 ext 236)
Details
Join David for an educational experience on Monday, October 6, at 6:30 p.m. in the park’s natural outdoor amphitheater. The program is free, but park entrance fees will apply. To get to the amphitheater, drive approximately six miles beyond the fee station to an intersection just after the Backcountry Camping Trail parking lot. Take a right at that intersection and then the second left. Drive approximately one mile further and the amphitheater will be on the right side. The parking lot will open at 5:30 pm. Seating is not provided at the amphitheater. You are encouraged to set up on the surrounding dunes and bring camp chairs, blankets, and coolers with food and drinks. Please help keep White Sands beautiful by packing out your trash. The park’s hours will be extended to 9:00 pm for this event.
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