The park grounds are open from dawn until dusk every day of the year. The Fort museum and Visitor Center is open daily,with the exception of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Day, at 8:00 a.m. with extended hours during the Summer, June through August.
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.