it is a very long drive from theGreat experience at this historic site.

... fewer people are aware that you can actually visit the Trinity Site. Sand in the crater was fused by the intense heat into a glass-like solid, the color of green jade. The bombs exploded at Trinity Site and Nagasaki had plutonium cores. The test was conducted at the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range, 230 miles south of Los Alamos. The rest of the year the site is closed to the public because it lies within the impact zone for missiles fired into the northern part of WSMR.For more information on Trinity Site tours, call the Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce at 1-800-826-0294 or visit the White Sands Missile Range Public Affairs website at:For more information on WSMR, contact the White Sands Missile Range Museum at (575) 678-8824. A multi-colored cloud surged 38,000 feet into the air within seven minutes. Then land for breakfast and sparkling wine.Historic Sites, Geologic Formations, National ParksSorry, there are no tours or activities available to book online for the date(s) you selected. Quite a bit to see and experience in the middle of nowhere. it is not open very often. A “Fat Man” bomb casing is on display in front of the WSMR visitor center.After the explosion, Trinity Site was encircled with more than a mile of chain-link fencing, and signs were posted to warn people of radioactivity. The wooden observation shelters were protected by concrete and earthen barricades, and the nearest observation point was 5.7 miles from Ground Zero.At 5:30 a.m. on July 16, the nuclear device, known as “Gadget,” was successfully detonated. Where the tower had been was a crater one-half mile across and eight feet deep. The site was closed to both WSMR personnel and the general public. Please choose a different date.Sorry, there are no tours or activities available to book online for the date(s) you selected. The Hiroshima bombing was the second artificial nuclear explosion in history, after the Trinity test, and the first uranium-based detonation. Beginning in 1939, some American scientists–many of them refugees of fascist regimes in Europe–advocated the development of ways to use nuclear fission for military purposes. Then visit the Trinity Site! The site was closed to both WSMR personnel and the general public.

there really is not anything to see. It is only open 2 days per year: the first Saturday in April and the first Saturday in October so be sure to plan accordingly. Here, more than 100 miles south of Albuquerque, New Mexico’s largest city, is the Trinity Site, the location of the world’s first nuclear bomb explosion.It was here that the atomic age dawned at 5:29:45 a.m. Mountain War Time on July 16, 1945. The explosion point was named Trinity Site.Although no information on the test was released until after the atomic bomb had been used as a weapon, the flash of light and shock wave made a vivid impression over an area with a radius of at least 160 miles.The world’s second atomic bomb, codenamed “Little Boy,” was exploded over Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945. By late 1941, the federal government’s Office of Scientific Research and Development, headed by scientist Vannavar Bush, took control of the project. To most observers—watching through dark glasses—the brilliance of the light from the explosion overshadowed the shock wave and sound that arrived some seconds later. Educational and would be great for kids (probably 8 and up with some interest in history).Get there early as it gets quite a crowd. As soon as I see the protest signs proclaiming “Trinity victim!” and “Make peace, not war,” I know I’m in the right place. This material was given the name trinitite.

In 1975, the National Park Service designated Trinity Site as a National Historic Landmark.