At nearly 4,000 feet across and 255 feet high, the Big Room is the fifth-largest underground chamber in the United States. Many areas have yet to be explored. In fact, an entire new chamber was most ...

1883 - The first Anglo to see Carlsbad Cavern is unknown, but in 1883 a 12 year old boy was lowered into the cave by his father. 1898 - Jim White first entered the caverns. White was a cowboy who ...

This travel column, On the Road, recounts several of my adventures on asphalt and all the lessons I have learned from the people, places and things ... in addition to being deemed grand — the Carlsbad ...

Carlsbad Caverns is located in southeastern New Mexico in the Guadalupe Mountains. Even once you descend into the cave’s aptly named Big Room you will ... a dozen other people in line.

The Big Room is a popular spot at Carlsbad Caverns ... As many as 2,000 people cruise through the caverns on any given day during the busy season. With them come hair and skin fragments, and ...

Established to preserve Carlsbad Cavern and numerous other caves ... if you plan to have an extended visit to the caverns.

Lechuguilla Cave at Carlsbad Caverns is the deepest limestone cave in the country, and the fifth-longest known cave in the world. Read more about Oil and Gas Development Delayed Near Carlsbad Caverns ...