Explore carlsbad cavern at your own pace on these two trails.
Big room carlsbad caverns national park.
Taking approximately one hour this circular route passes many large and famous.
The big room at carlsbad caverns national park is a large limestone chamber that is almost 4 000 feet long 625 feet wide and 255 feet tall at its highest point.
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Access is available by elevator or hiking and requires an entrance ticket.
Important information for first time visitors to carlsbad caverns national park.
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The cavern audio guide notably enhances the tour.
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Carlsbad caverns national park is an american national park in the guadalupe mountains of southeastern new mexico the primary attraction of the park is the show cave carlsbad cavern visitors to the cave can hike in on their own via the natural entrance or take an elevator from the visitor center.
Free with national parks and federal recreational lands passes enjoy the cavern at your own pace the entrance fee includes access to the enjoy on your own the majority of carlsbad cavern along the big room and natural entrance trails.
Access is available by elevator or hiking.
You will discover this one mile 2 km trail after you descend 750 feet 229 m into the underground rest area.
3225 national parks highway carlsbad nm 88220.
Some of nature s most awe inspiring landscapes lie hidden underground such as the chandelier ballroom in lechuguilla cave.
Ranger guided tours temporarily suspended until further notice.
All visitors who enter the cavern are required to walk on bio cleaning mats after exiting.
It is the fifth largest chamber in north america and the twenty eighth largest in the world.
Big room carlsbad caverns national park.
This extraordinary measure is due to the potential presence of the fungus which causes white nose syndrome in new mexico.
Carlsbad caverns national park big room the basic tour through carlsbad cavern is the big room route a one mile self guided underground walk around the perimeter of the largest room in the cave the big room.
How to visit carlsbad caverns national park during the covid 19 pandemic.
Browse through our photo galleries to see photographs of the big room natural entrance and our ranger guided tours.