Carlsbad Caverns



Carlsbad Caverns National Park is a United States National Park in the Guadalupe Mountains in southeastern New Mexico. The primary attraction of the park is the show cave, Carlsbad Cavern. The park contains over 117 caves. Three caves are open to public tours.



Slaughter Canyon Cave and Spider Cave are undeveloped,
excepted for designated paths for the guided adventure caving tours.




Outside the entrance to the caverns




Ampitheatre




Entrance to the caverns




Carlsbad Caverns is the most famous and is fully developed
with electric lights, paved trails, and elevators.




Rock of Ages in the Big Room

Carlsbad Cavern includes a large cave chamber, the Big Room, a natural limestone chamber which is almost 4,000 feet (1,220 m) long, 625 feet (191 m) wide, and 255 feet (78 m) high at the highest point. It is the third largest chamber in North America and the seventh largest in the world.




Devil's Spring




Temple of the Sun




Lechuguilla Cave

Lechuguilla Cave is well known for its delicate speleothems and pristine underground environment. Guano mining occurred in the pit below the entrance in the 1910s. After gaining permission from the national park managers to dig into a rubble pile where wind whistled between the rocks when the weather changed, cavers broke through into a room in 1986. Over 120 miles of cave passage has been explored and mapped. It has been mapped to a depth of 1,600 feet (490 m), making it the deepest limestone cave in the U.S.


The Bottomless Pit was originally said to have no bottom. Stones were tossed into it, but no sound of the stones striking the bottom was heard. Later exploration revealed the bottom was about 140 feet (40m) deep and covered with soft dirt. The stones made no sound when they struck the bottom because they were lodged in the soft soil.




Named Rooms

Balloon Ballroom

Bat Cave

Bell Cord Room

Bifrost Room

Big Room or The Hall of the Giants

Chocolate High

Green Lake Room

Guadalupe Room

Hall of the White Giant

King's Palace

Lake of the Clouds

Left Hand Tunnel

Mabel's Room

Mystery Room

New Mexico Room

New Section

Papoose Room

Queen's Chamber

Spirit World

Talcum Passage

The Rookery






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