Overview
About Evening Program Area Restroom
Why stop
- Two wheelchair-accessible vault toilets with accessible parking directly in front.
Heads up
- The toilets have no running water.
Map
Where it is
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Before you go
2 active White Sands alerts
- ClosureDunes Drive safety corridor and Interdune Boardwalk closureMentions Dunes Drive, referenced in this guideDrive through the Dunes Drive safety corridor without stopping or exiting; the Interdune Boardwalk is closed. - The corridor spans mile markers 3–5.5.Official details
- ClosureBackcountry camping closedBackcountry camping is closed, and there is no overnight lodging in the park. - NPS says the campsites are closed for rehabilitation; no reopening date has been determined.Official details
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
White Sands Tour Guide
Your drive to Evening Program Area Restroom, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for White Sands National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
Recorded for this area
The Roadrunner’s X-Shaped Tracks0:00 / 0:32
“An X-shaped bird track can be a clue that a roadrunner has been through. Its feet have two toes pointing forward and two backward, leaving that distinctive shape in soft ground.”
Plays on the road 0.2 mi from Evening Program Area Restroom in the Parkwolf White Sands Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- White Sands Amphitheater: Programs among the Dunes
- Alkali Flat: Tall Dunes and Sledding
- Clear Crystals, White Dunes
- The Kit Fox’s Big Ears
- 23 audio storiesacross White Sands’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Gemsbok, Great Horned Owl, Roadrunner, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 5 trails, 24 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
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Guide
More about Evening Program Area Restroom
A practical Dunes Drive stopEvening Program Area Restroom is a roadside service stop along Dunes Drive.
Evening Program Area Restroom is a roadside service stop along Dunes Drive. It has two separate wheelchair-accessible vault toilets and a trash bin, useful when you need a break while driving the dunes.
Know before you stopThe vault toilets have no running water.
The vault toilets have no running water. Bring drinking water from elsewhere; this stop is for restroom access, not a refill.
Wildlife
Wildlife in White Sands
39 sightingsGemsbokMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
17 sightingsGreat Horned OwlMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
10 sightingsRoadrunnerMost seen around 9 AMSighting map
11 sightingsRavenMost seen around 8 AMSighting map
16 sightingsHorned LarkMost seen around 8 AMSighting map
20 sightingsBlack-throated SparrowMost seen around 7 AMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across White Sands. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
