Trinity Site is open the first Saturday in April & the first Saturday in
October. There is no charge for the tour and no reservations are necessary.

The caravan will meet at the Tularosa High School Athletic Field parking
lot. In Tularosa, turn west off of Hwy 54/70 at Higuera (Tulie Freeze). Go 1
mile to 4 way stop, turn right to High School. Line up begins at 6:30.
Alamogordo Breakfast Lions will host a "breakfast to go" at the Tularosa
High School.

Ride in style on the motorcoach. A docent will be on board to explain the
history of Trinity Site and a film will be shown on the return trip.
Reservations are $35.

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ABOUT TRINITY SITE

Trinity Site, where the first atomic bomb was tested at 5:29:45 a.m. Mountain War Time on July 16, 1945.

The 51,500 acre area was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1975. The landmark includes base camp, ground zero, and the McDonald ranch house where the plutonium core to the bomb was assembled. Visitors to a Trinity site Open House see Ground Zero, "Jumbo" bomb casing, the McDonald House, one of the old instrumentation bunkers, historical photos, a Fatman bomb casing, and part of the original crater left by the explosion revealing "Trinitite". 
(Greenish colored glassy substance formed by the heat and pressure of the
explosion )

White Sands Missile Range Website: www.wsmr.army.mil
Tour Information: 800-826-0294 or 505-437-6120