Rocket Sled Track - Holloman Air Base | military, automobile test track

USA / New Mexico / Tularosa /
 military, automobile test track
Holloman is located in New Mexico's Tularosa Basin between the Sacramento and San Andreas mountain ranges. The base is about 10 miles west of Alamogordo, New Mexico, on route 70/82; 90 miles north of El Paso, Texas; 70 miles east of Las Cruces, New Mexico. The base covers 59,639 acres of land and is located at an altitude of 4,093 feet. Holloman is home to the world's longest, 50,188 feet (almost 10 miles), and fastest, approaching 10,000 feet per second (Mach 9), Test Track.

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Coordinates:   32°57'17"N   106°9'16"W

Comments

  • Thanks for the input; I've been trying to find out this for a while. See also Hurricane Mesa, UT (12,000ft) track.
  • A good friend of mine actually wrote his thesis regarding dune front encroachment along the High Speed Test Track. Check out "Dune Front Movement Trends at White Sands, NM" at the NMSU Zuhl Library.
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