Visiting the Trinity Atomic Bomb Test Site - White Sands Missile Range

The Trinity Test Site, where the first nuclear bomb in history was detonated on July 16, 1945, is open to visitors twice a year. On the first Saturday in April and October the site, which is located on the US Army's White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, visitors can walk the ground where the first atomic bomb was detonated. At the site there is a monument to the test and trinitite, a glassy substance created by the melting desert, can still be found.

Despite being on the White Sands Missile Range, the test site is administered by the National park Service. Normally the test site open house includes a tour of the Schmidt/McDonald house, where the bomb was assembled, but did not on our visit due to recent heavy rains in the area.

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