Website
http://www.nps.gov/cave/index.htm
Operating Hours -
Carlsbad Caverns National Park is open every
day of the year except December 25.
Fall/Winter/Spring hours: September 7, 2010
- May 26, 2011; 8am to 2pm (Last Cavern
Entry) or 3:30pm if entering via elevator.
Summer
extended hours: May 27, 2011 - September 5,
2011 - 8am to 3:30pm (Last Cavern Entry) or
4pm if entering via elevator.
Visitor center open until 7pm.
The Carlsbad
Caverns are won of the wonders of the U.S.,
which most of us have visited atleast once
in a lifetime and many return several times.
Although located in a rocky, slopped area of
New Mexico in the middle of a dessert type
terrain occupied by cactus, grass, thorny
shrubs, and the occasional tree, it would
not seem to be the location of a natural
wonder. Did you know that Carlsbad
Caverns has more than 117 known caves - all
formed when sulfuric acid dissolved the
surrounding limestone.
Many tours are
available from self visitor tours to guided
tours. If well fit, once can do a self
guided tour of the Big Room to crawling
through narrow passageways in the Hall of
the White Giant or in Spider Cave.
Backcountry hiking and camping are permitted
within the park. The park offers
visitor programs in the visitor center and
the park offers many activities that include
watching the incredible exodus of Mexican
free-tail bats out of Carlsbad Cavern at
dusk in the summer and full moon star
watching events.
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