White Sands Missile Range to Host Trinity Site Open House in October

WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M., White Sands Missile Range will host its annual Trinity Site Open House on Oct. 17.

Trinity Site is the location of the world’s first atomic test, conducted July 16, 1945, at 5:29:45 a.m. Mountain War Time.

Admission is free.

Visitors should enter White Sands Missile Range through the Stallion Range Gate, located 5 miles south of U.S. Highway 380. The turnoff is 12 miles east of San Antonio, New Mexico. The Stallion Gate will be open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The site will close promptly at 3:30 p.m.

Visitors may take a quarter mile walk to Ground Zero, marked by an obelisk identifying the exact location of the test. Weather and road conditions permitting, the Schmidt/McDonald Ranch House also will be open to visitors. Scientists assembled the bomb’s plutonium core at the ranch house.

Members of the media who wish to cover the event may register by emailing usarmy.wsmr.atec.list.pao@army.mil. Interviews with subject matter experts are available upon request.

Media registration does not guarantee access to the event. Media representatives are encouraged to arrive during open-house operating hours with sufficient time to travel to the site and conduct coverage.

For more information, please check out our website, https://home.army.mil/wsmr/contact/public-affairs-office/trinity-site-open-house.