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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
Permian ocean bottom.  

Did You Know?
The limestone rock that holds Carlsbad Cavern is full of ocean fossil plants and animals from a time before the dinosaurs when the southeastern corner of New Mexico was a coastline similar to the Florida Keys.

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Last Updated: September 27, 2006 at 17:17 EST