We will be making a trip to Trinity site this October!
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In a remote high desert basin 220 miles south of Los Alamos, on July 16, 1945, the first atomic detonation signaled a new era. Its success was the culmination of intense secret collaboration and innovation in science and engineering that took place in Los Alamos, NM, during the preceding 27 months. It was code-named Trinity.
Today, the Trinity Site is located within the restricted White Sands Missile Range, but twice a year the army hosts an open house at the Historic Landmark Trinity Site and McDonald/Schmidt Ranch House. The Los Alamos Historical Society is pleased to offer its 20th educational Tour to Trinity October 14-15, 2022. Beginning and ending in Los Alamos, the Society’s Trinity chartered coach tour includes a unique two-day, one night experience via the Alamogordo southern approach through the seldom-seen interior of White Sands Missile Range, and then north through the Stallion Gate. |
Pictures from the trip in October 2021 |
Bonuses include a visit to the young (5,000-year-old) lava flows at Valley of Fires, and the New Mexico Museum of Space History overlooking the Tularosa Basin, Holloman Air Force Base, and White Sands Missile Range. This excursion is arranged and directed by History Medal recipients Georgia and Gerry Strickfaden, leading their nineteenth trip to Trinity, because they think it is great fun!
Cost: $550 for members, double occupancy (Alamogordo Hampton Inn)
$650 for non-members
$140 for single room preference
Includes two lunches, transportation, lodging, entrance fees, and guides.
RESERVATION DEADLINE AUGUST 4, 2022. Trip is limited to 35 passengers for comfort and distancing on the large, restroom-equipped chartered coach.
For Reservations: Todd Nichols, execdirector@losalamoshistory.org, 505-662-6272.
History Museum, 1050 Bathtub Row, Los Alamos, NM, 87544.
For detailed trip information and questions: Georgia & Gerry, actours2017@gmail.com, 505-662-3965.
Can’t make it this fall? The Los Alamos Historical Society will be offering another Tour to Trinity Site, March 31-April 1, 2023, for the spring open house. Reserve your place now.
Cost: $550 for members, double occupancy (Alamogordo Hampton Inn)
$650 for non-members
$140 for single room preference
Includes two lunches, transportation, lodging, entrance fees, and guides.
RESERVATION DEADLINE AUGUST 4, 2022. Trip is limited to 35 passengers for comfort and distancing on the large, restroom-equipped chartered coach.
For Reservations: Todd Nichols, execdirector@losalamoshistory.org, 505-662-6272.
History Museum, 1050 Bathtub Row, Los Alamos, NM, 87544.
For detailed trip information and questions: Georgia & Gerry, actours2017@gmail.com, 505-662-3965.
Can’t make it this fall? The Los Alamos Historical Society will be offering another Tour to Trinity Site, March 31-April 1, 2023, for the spring open house. Reserve your place now.
October 14-15, 2022 Itinerary
Thursday, :
Thursday, :
- Enjoy free admission to the Los Alamos History Museum today (open 9 a.m.–5 p.m.) by showing your Trinity Tour ticket.
- 8:30 a.m. departure from Los Alamos Holiday Inn Express on Entrada Drive.
- Journey through Santa Fe with a quick detour to historic Lamy train station, and on to the famous Rt. 66 stop at Clines Corners where you'll customize your picnic lunch at the Subway.
- Just outside of Carrizozo, step off of the bus at Valley of Fires Recreation Area to walk the nature trail in the 1,500 years young lava flow and enjoy the quiet. If it isn’t already eaten your picnic, this is your spot overlooking the lava with the Oscuro Mountains to the west. From here, you would have seen the flash and mushroom cloud of the Trinity test pre-dawn July 16, 1945.
- Arriving in Alamogordo, visit the New Mexico Museum of Space History.
- Check in to Alamogordo Hampton Inn; dinner on your own at a choice of nearby restaurants.
- Early breakfast at hotel.
- Bus departs promptly at 7:00 a.m. in order to form up with the caravan at Tularosa.
- Entering through the Tularosa Gate, the next 75 miles crosses much of the eastern portion of the restricted White Sands Missile Range. Approach to Trinity Site is through Mockingbird Gap noted in many eye-witness memoirs.
- At Point Zero, you are on your own to board the Army's shuttle bus to/from the McDonald/Schmidt Ranch House and to walk the quarter mile from the parking lot to the obelisk marking where the detonation tower was. A golf cart shuttle is available for those unable to make the walk.
- Leaving Trinity Site, our bus will travel north to Socorro for lunch (included) at New Mexico Tech's Chartwell's Cafeteria.
- We will arrive back in Los Alamos around 5 p.m.
