Carlsbad (New Mexico)

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Carlsbad is a small city in New Mexico near the Texas border.

Contents 1 Get in 1.1 By bus 1.2 By air 1.3 By car 2 Get around 3 See 4 Do 5 Buy 6 Eat 7 Drink 8 Sleep 9 Get out 10 External links

Get in

By bus

Carlsbad is served by Greyhound and TNM&O bus lines.

By air

Commuter air service is available from Albuquerque. The nearest airport with full-service airline connections is in El Paso, Texas.

By car

US highways 285, 62 and 180 reach Carlsbad, the former being one of the main north-south routes through New Mexico and the other two (which share a common roadway in this area) passing through en route between the Panhandle and western regions of Texas. These are lonely roads; keep plenty of fuel in your vehicle.

Get around

See

Do

• Carlsbad Caverns National Park. The town's main attraction is the nearby national park, which is home to a massive underground limestone cave, claimed to be the most beautiful in the world. If you're going there for the first time, buy an audio guide for $3; it has much more information than the boards (available in several languages). The deepest point of the cave is over 1500 feet below the surface, while the unguided tour descends to a depth of about 900 feet. More extensive ranger guided tours are available. The descent can be slightly taxing on the knees, so there's an elevator available that will take you down to a depth of 750 feet. Photography is allowed, food is not, except in the underground "lunch room."
• Living Desert State Park is on the outskirts of town, near US 285. A small zoo/botanical garden dedicated to local flora and fauna, with a 1.5-mile trail through the (predominantly outdoor) exhibits. Open year round except Christmas, 8-8 in summer, 9-5 in winter; $3 fee. Web site http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/nmparks/PAGES/PARKS/DESERT/Desert.htm (note that some of the links on this site were broken as of January 2006).

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