Can the Trinity Site be visited?

Touring the Trinity Site is free but it’s only opened to the public twice a year, on the first Saturday in April and October. Thousands of visitors enter the site from either the Stallion Range Gate or the Tularosa Gate.

When should I visit the Trinity Site?

White Sands Missile Range typically opens Trinity Site to the public on the first Saturdays in April and October, although both events in 2020 and the April 2021 tour were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Several thousand people usually visit the site on those dates.

Is the Trinity Site Open this year?

White Sands Missile Range. “On July 16, 1945 the world changed with the explosion of the first atomic bomb. The explosion took place at Trinity Site which is on what is now White Sands Missile Range. Trinity is a national historic landmark which is currently open to the public twice a year.”

Can you visit the White Sands Missile Range?

There are two gates at White Sands Missile Range, and each of them has a Visitor Control Center (VCC) for your convenience. The El Paso Gate is is located near the Condron Army Airfield, closer in proximity to El Paso, TX.

Can you visit the atomic bomb test site?

Now, the test site, called Trinity, is a national tourist attraction, open to the public just two days a year – in April and October. There are not many artifacts left to look at, but for history buffs or anyone interested in seeing where the start of the atomic age took place – visitors can walk around the site.

Where is the Trinity Site in NM?

Alamogordo
Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico The world’s first nuclear explosion occurred on July 16, 1945, when a plutonium implosion device was tested at a site located 210 miles south of Los Alamos on the barren plains of the Alamogordo Bombing Range, known as the Jornada del Muerto.

How many missiles have been tested at White Sands?

After 75 years and more than 42,000 rocket and missile tests, White Sands Missile Range continues as the premier military test range in America, earning its title as “Birthplace of America’s Missile and Space Activity.”