Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico
These expansive caves are worth planning an entire vacation to New Mexico! There are 119 known caves, formed completely from sulfuric acid and limestone, waiting for you to explore in this rocky New Mexico paradise.
You’ll discover this stunning location below the Guadalupe Mountains, an ancient reef containing fossils dating back over 250 million years ago.
Once you walk into the mysterious, damp caverns, the memory of the bright New Mexico skyline will seem like a dream from another planet. While here, be sure to keep an eye out for those majestic stalagmites and stalactites.
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Strange, I’ve heard of them all and been to a couple.
I am the youngest of seven children and my parents always talk about being at Carlsbad caverns. Last year I was there and I went down to them because I could not remember when I came out. I called my sister and I said did you go on that trip with the folks And I asked when it was. It was five years before I was born.
I absolutely love the place. I spent six hours down in the caverns. They are absolutely amazing!
I’m going to share this with friends planning vacations!!
Grew up in New Mexico & went to Carlsbad Caverns many times. Always amazing & spectacular! One of my favorite places!!!
I have been to the tulip fields several times in my life, they are gorgeous and more beautiful each year. Before the tulips come, the fields are full of daffodils and after the tulips come and gone the fields are full of irises. You have 3 months of beautiful flowers.
beautiful place
I was lucky, I got to see Hamilton Pool when it was a on a private ranch about 50 years ago with Dr. Bill Green from Austin. Back then the Hippies & Texas Longhorns were sneaking in to go skinny dipping. Walked all around underneath the Limestone overhang , followed the stream all the way out of the pool for about a mile to where it flows into the Perdnales river. Now I believe it’s owned and operated by the city of Austin—and crowded. Beautiful!
I live on the southern Oregon coast, so of course I have seen Yachts, pronounced “Ya-hots”. The lighthouse is a beautiful bed and breakfast. The entire coast is gorgeous: please visit, but don’t move here! Too many wealthy retirees are building McMansions and destroying our beautiful unspoiled towns.
While on a deployment with the Massachusetts Air National Guard to Alamagordo AFB, NM, in 1981, I and several other airmen made the trip to Carlsbad Caverns on our day off. We got there in time for the last tour of the day. It was breathtaking and very captivating. As we were going through the caverns, they were shutting the lights off behind us. It was a thrilling adventure that I would highly recommend for others to see and appreciate.
Breathtaking places to visit.