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Local & General Info
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Location:
At Carlsbad Caverns National Park. Junction 7 and Highway 62-180.
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Areas Served:
Carlsbad Caverns National Park, White's City, New Mexico
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Area Airports:
Cavern City Air Terminal 18 miles
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Local Attractions:
Walking distance to:
- Million Dollar Museum
- Large Redemption Arcade
- Granny's Opera House
- ¼ mile from Carlsbad Caverns National Park
- 1 mile from White City Resort
- 7 miles from Carlsbad Cavern Visitor Center with Natural Entrance Route, Big Room Route, Kings Palace Tour, Lower Cave, Left Hand Tunnel, Hall of the White Giant, Underground Lunchroom
- 7 miles from Summer Bat Flight
- 7 miles from Bat Flight Breakfast
- 7 miles from Walnut Canyon Desert Drive
- 9 miles from Spider Cave
- 15 miles from Carlsbad, New Mexico
- 15 miles from Slaughter Canyon Cave
- 18 miles from Fiesta Drive-in Movie
- 18 miles from White's Animal Kingdom Zoo
- 20 miles from Carlsbad Museum
- 20 miles from Eddy County Courthouse
- 24 miles from Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park
- 30 miles from Lincoln National Forrest
- 35 miles from McKittrick Canyon, Guadalupe Peak, El Capitan, Pinery ark
- 35 miles from Sitting Bull Falls, Mescal Roast and Mountain Spirit Dancers
- 35 miles from Brantley Lake State Park
- 45 miles from Guadalupe Mountains National Park,
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White's City Resort:
12 large rooms filled with over 30,000 items! See the Whittlin' Cowboy's Ranch, 30 antique European Doll Houses, antique dolls, guns, cars, wagons, and 7,000 year old mummified bodies.
Entertaining and Educational for the whole family.
Hiss - Boo - Cheer and throw popcorn in the hilarious performance of "The Bankers Dilemma" or "How the Dollop and Trippington Railroad came to Botts California". Now in its 13 year this historically incorrect drama is interspersed with oleos and song. It's Fun for the entire family.
Our redemption arcade has video games, skee ball, basketball, racing, and shooting gallery.
Located next to the Pizza and Ice Cream Parlor on the boardwalk.
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Carlsbad Caverns National Park:
Explore the subterranean fantasyland of stalagmites, stalactites and helictites in the "Eighth Wonder of the World". Designated a World Heritage site, the Caverns are accessible by elevator or natural entrance trail. Admission is $6.00 for adults, $3.00 for students and seniors. Tickets are good for three days. Open every day except Christmas.
On this self-guided route you will descend over 750 feet on a steep, narrow switchback trail. This one hour, one-mile walk takes you through the historic natural entrance to the underground lunchroom.
The Big Room is a massive 14-acre chamber, which is reached either by elevator or the natural entrance route. It is a one-hour, one-mile easy walk on level trails. You will see spectacular formations in this largest of all underground chambers in North America.
This 1½-hour ranger guided tour will lead you through four highly decorated chambers 830 feet below the surface. Tours depart from the underground lunchroom. Admission is $8.00 for adults, $4.00 for students and seniors. Several tours are offered daily. Reservations required. General admission ticket is also required.
Moderately strenuous "wild" caving tour. Highly decorated passageways highlighted by rare cave pearls and unique formations. Be prepared to descend 50 feet on ladders. Admission is $20.00. Tours Monday through Friday at 1:00 p.m. Reservations and general admission ticket required.
This, one-half mile, guided lantern tour over packed earth trails are highlighted by formations, crystal clear pools and ancient reef fossils. This tour is the easiest of the
"off-trail" tours. Admission is $7.00, tours daily 9:00 a.m. Reservations and general admission ticket required.
Strenuous and challenging is the "wild" caving tour. Tour involves crawling long distances, squeezing through tight passageways, and climbing up slippery flowstone lined passages. Admission is $20.00. Tours are Saturdays at 1:00 p.m. Reservations and general admission ticket required.
This is the only place where you can have lunch 750 feet underground in one of the world's largest caves. Lunch consists of box lunches with chicken or sandwiches, pizza, snacks and beverages are served. Don't miss this unique experience.
Carlsbad Caverns' most famous residents are the Mexican Freetail bats that inhabit the cave during the warm spring and summer months. At dusk 300,000 bats take 20 minutes to two hours to exit the cavern. Rangers offer nightly talks about the bats as visitors watch this amazing wonder from the park's amphitheater. Admission is free. Can be seen at sunset every evening from May through October.
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Spider Cave:
Very strenuous "wild" cave tour visiting a complex backcountry maze cave. Tour involves a half-mile hike to the cave and negotiating tight crawlways. This is a warm cave (75° F). Glasses will fog up. Admission is $20.00. Tours Sunday at 1:00 p.m. Reservations required.
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Walnut Canyon Desert Drive:
A one-hour drive through the Chihuahuan Desert, this 9½-mile gravel road is suitable for most vehicles except trailers and motor homes. You may see many species of desert wildlife.
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Gaudalupe Mountians National Park:
- Headquarters Visitor Center at Pine Springs
Elevation is 5,740 feet. Located on US 62/180 35 miles southwest of White's City and 110 miles east of El Paso. Information, natural history museum, introductory slides program. Admission is free. Open every day except Christmas.
- Frijole Ranch History Museum
Cultural exhibits of the Guadalupe Mountains area.
It's a favorite hiking experience. Maple, walnut, ash, oak pine juniper and chokecherry trees grow along the spring-fed stream throughout the canyon.
On a clear day, the view from the "Top of Texas" (8,749 feet) is outstanding. The trail is steep, but well established. Rated strenuous, 3,000 feet of elevation gain. 8 ½ miles and takes 6-8 hours.
Once called Signal Peak because the Indians sent smoke signals from its bluffs, this 11-mile hike is rated moderate. Take plenty of water.
Walk the short ¾ mile path to the ruins of the old Pinery Station, once a favored stop on the original 2,800-mile Butterfield Overland Mail Route.
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Lincoln National Forrest:
LINCOLN NATIONAL FORREST
Located seven miles southwest of State Highway 137 on Forrest Route 276, this 130-foot waterfall is one of the highest in New Mexico. Picnic area, trails, and restrooms are available. Day use only - No Camping
Located 11 miles south of State Highway 137 on Forrest Route 540. A panoramic view of the desert from the top of the Guadalupe Mountains is spectacular.
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Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park:
- Come face to face with a mountain lion or rattlesnake at the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park, a unique zoo and botanical garden offering an opportunity to experience the Chihuahuan Desert first hand. See the rare Mexican Gray Wolf (Lobo), and New Mexico's state bird the Roadrunner. The park is located high atop the Ocotillo Hills overlooking the northwest edge of Carlsbad. Admission is $4.00 for adults, $2.00 for students. Open daily except Christmas, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
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Brantley Lake State Park:
- Located 12 miles north of Carlsbad on US 285. Camping, boating, fishing, picnic areas, restrooms, showers, and grills are available.
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Carlsbad, New Mexico:
Pecos River
It glows out of the desert and reflects the magic of each holiday season. Visitors, aboard one of three cruising pontoon boats, enjoy a tranquil fifty minutes floating past exclusive waterfront homes decorated for the holidays. Operating from Thanksgiving to New Years Eve this is a tradition in New Mexico. Admission is $7.00. Reservations required. (505.887.651)
- George Washington Paddle Wheeler
Take a relaxing 40 minute ride up the Mighty Pecos River to view exclusive river front homes. Operates summers and weekends.
Whether you walk or run, the 4 ½ miles of paved walk along the banks of Lake Carlsbad is the perfect place for exercising. Playgrounds and picnic tables make these parks irresistible.
- Pecos River Village Conference Center
Located on the banks of the sparkling Pecos River, the center offers meeting rooms, spectacular views and shipboard dining.
This small stone house was the first built by Charles B. Eddy, Carlsbad's founder.
It is located next to the Flume, once the largest concrete structure in the world.
Lake Carlsbad
- Lake Carlsbad Golf Course
This beautiful course offers 18 holes of challenging golf along the river and in the foothills. There is also a 9-hole
Par 3 executive course. Fees may be the lowest in the world.
- Fishing, swimming, boating, water-skiing, 4th of July celebration.
All of these activities may be enjoyed on the Pecos River in the middle of town.
- Discover Carlsbad Driving Tour
Signs will guide you through town, along the river, up to the Living Desert in the foothills of the Guadalupe's, past Carlsbad Sr. High School, to the Eddy County Courthouse, and the Carlsbad Museum and Art Center.
- Riverside Country Club and Golf Course
Members of Country Clubs are welcome in the clubhouse and on the Golf Course. Every Tuesday the 18-hole course is open to the public.
You will find outdoor family entertainment at a reasonable price. All movie features are in stereo with your car's FM stereo radio. Come early and enjoy an evening meal from our concessions. 3 Giant screens. 401 West Fiesta, Carlsbad, New Mexico.
*White's Animal Kingdom Zoo
It is a fun little zoo. You will see exotic animals in spotless surroundings.
Fiesta Drive, Carlsbad, NM
- Carlsbad Museum and Art Center
With one of the only complete collections of Taos Founders' paintings. The museum features Mimbres pottery, local artifacts, old west chuck wagon, and three New Mexico artists Glenna Goodacre sculptures. She sculpted the Vietnam Women's Memorial in Washington, DC. Most recently, she designed the nation's newest coin, a gold-colored one-dollar piece bearing the image of the Shoshone Indian Sacagawea
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Transportation:
- 15 miles from Cavern City Air Terminal
- 150 miles from El Paso Airport
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Area Map
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Best Western Guadalupe Inn
