White Sands sighting maps
39 sightingsGemsbokOryx gazellaMost seen 6 AM & 7 PMSighting map
17 sightingsGreat Horned OwlBubo virginianusMost seen 6 AM & 7 PMSighting map
10 sightingsRoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusMost seen 8–11 AM & 5–7 PMSighting map
11 sightingsRavenCorvus coraxMost seen 7–11 AM & 4–7 PMSighting map
16 sightingsHorned LarkEremophila alpestrisMost seen 8–10 AM & 6 PMSighting map
20 sightingsBlack-throated SparrowAmphispiza bilineataMost seen 6–9 AMSighting map
16 sightingsYellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalusMost seen 7–9 AMSighting map
16 sightingsWestern KingbirdTyrannus verticalisMost seen 7–10 AM & 5–7 PMSighting map
36 sightingsSay's PhoebeSayornis sayaMost seen 7–9 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map
89 sightingsSide-blotched LizardUta stansburianaMost seen 8 AM–12 PM & 5 PMSighting map
148 sightingsFence LizardSceloporus cowlesiMost seen 9 AM–12 PM & 4–6 PMSighting map
486 sightingsEarless LizardHolbrookia maculataMost seen 8–11 AMSighting map
165 sightingsLittle WhiptailAspidoscelis inornatusMost seen 9–11 AM & 4–6 PMSighting map
33 sightingsSagebrush SparrowArtemisiospiza nevadensisMost seen 7–9 AM & 5 PMSighting map
16 sightingsShrikeLanius ludovicianusMost seen 7–9 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map
38 sightingsPallid BatAntrozous pallidusMost seen 8–10 PMSighting mapEach map shows where a species has been reported across White Sands. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.

The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
White Sands Tour Guide
White Sands, 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 place
Sunset Stroll: Walk with a Ranger“You're coming up on the Sunset Stroll meeting area, where a ranger leads a short walk into the dunes.”
Plays as you drive up to Sunset Stroll Meeting Area in the Parkwolf White Sands Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- The Kit Fox’s Big Ears
- Roadrunner and Primrose: Picnic Shelters in the Dunes
- Backcountry Camping: Sledding and a Dune Loop
- Clear Crystals, White Dunes
- 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

