1. Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Around 18 miles from the city of Carlsbad, New Mexico, you’ll find the Carlsbad Caverns National Park, peppered with 119 caves throughout a 46,000-acre region.
Carlsbad Cavern is the park’s namesake and main attraction, accessible via its natural entrance of using an elevator that departs from the park’s visitor’s center. Either way, you’ll have the option of a self-guided or ranger-led tour. If you chose to take a look through the visitor’s center, which we highly recommend, you’ll find documentary showings and educational exhibits to help prepare you before the descent.
Once you’re in, you’ll most likely visit the 4,000-foot-long Big Room limestone chamber. In North America, this is the fifth largest chamber of its kind, thus it attracts thousands of tourists every year.
But there’s more to the park than just caves. Here you can go hiking, join a bat flight viewing program or go bird watching in the Rattlesnake Springs Picnic Area. Make sure to pack your punch as well and settle down with your friends and family for a bite- either before or after visiting some cave systems.
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I know of two other caves that are popular. In Utah The Timp cave in a mountain called Mt. Timpanogus. (Sp). Arizona the Kartchner Caves by David, Arizona
I vote antelope canyon!
Not only interesting, definitely educational. Thank you for sharing.
There is Longhorn Cavern outside of Burnet, Texas that is amazing run by the State of Texas that should be on this list. The colors are amazing. It was used as a hide out by the Comanche indians.
I’ve been to Carlsbad Caverns and Mammoth Cave and enjoyed
both experiences. Carlsbad was interesting to see when the bats
began their excursions to the outside.