Carlsbad Caverns National Park is a national park of the United States in the Guadalupe Mountains of southeastern New Mexico. The primary attraction of the park is the show cave Carlsbad Cavern. Visit
The cave is well-known for its many calcite formations such as this column and array of stalactites.
Diorama of life on the Capitan Reef
Fossils from the Capitan Reef in Carlsbad Cavern
Natural entrance
Carlsbad, New Mexico
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Carlsbad is a city in and the county seat of Eddy County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 32,238. Carlsbad is centered at the intersection of U.S. Routes 62/1
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
…entrance or take an elevator from the visitor center. The park entrance is located on US Highway 62/180, approximately 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Carlsbad, New Mexico. The park has two entries on the National Register of Historic Places: The Caverns Historic District and the Rattlesnake Springs Historic District…
Photo of Carlsbad from the top of C-Hill
The Cavern Theater
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) with Pat Boone, Peter Ronson, James Mason, and Arlene Dahl was filmed in the Carlsbad area, utilizing the Carlsbad Caverns as a filming location.
A Santa Fe Railway passenger train at Carlsbad in 1967