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Carlsbad Caverns National Park
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Walnut Canyon drive is a seven-mile scenic drive to the park visitor center.
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Walnut Canyon drive is a seven-mile scenic drive to the park visitor center.
 

Visitors arrive by way of U.S. Highway 62/180 from either Carlsbad, New Mexico (23 miles to the northeast) or El Paso, Texas (150 miles to the west). A scenic 7-mile (11.3 km) entrance road leads from the park gate at Whites City to the visitor center and cavern entrance.

Carlsbad is served by Greyhound and TNM&O bus lines. Mesa Airlines offers passenger service between Carlsbad and Albuquerque. Major airlines serve Albuquerque, New Mexico; and El Paso, Lubbock and Midland, Texas. Rental cars and taxi service are available from the airport in Carlsbad.

Driving Distances (in miles)
Albuquerque — 304Lubbock — 206
Amarillo — 329Midland — 194
Dallas — 500Odessa — 174
Denver — 626Phoenix — 581
El Paso — 151Roswell — 103
Las Cruces — 197San Antonio — 461

 

 GPS coordinates to Carlsbad Caverns National Park

Coordinate System: Lat/Long

Datum: WGS 1984

Longitude: 104.445855° W

Latitude: 32.174212° N
Jim White in Carlsbad Cavern.  

Did You Know?
Jim White is the cowboy credited with being the premier explorer of Carlsbad Cavern. He began to explore the cave as a teenager in 1898, using a handmade wire ladder to decend 60 feet into the cave. For more than a decade, he couldn't convince many locals that there was much to Carlsbad Cavern.

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Last Updated: September 05, 2008 at 13:01 EST