Day Length: 10h 15m 37s See sunrise, sunset, solar noon, day length, and twilight information for the whole month in the table below.
1 The Chihuahuan Desert â the largest desert in North America, located in the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico - (140,000 square miles (360,000 km 2)). 2  The Sonoran Desert â a desert located in the Southwestern United States and Northwest Mexico. 3  It is the second largest desert in North America.
The Chihuahuan Desert is the largest desert in North America. NPS Photo. White Sands National Monument is located in southern New Mexico at the northern end of the Chihuahuan Desert. This is North America's largest desert, the majority of which is located to our south in Mexico. This desert region amounts to about 175,000 square miles, stretching some 1200 miles south from Alamogordo, New Mexico, to the Mexican state of San Luis Potosi.