Photos of Carlsbad Caverns National Park Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. Carlsbad Caverns includes the largest chamber in North America , named the Big Room, which is almost 4,000 feet long, 625 feet wide, and 255 feet high at its highest point according to National Park Service. The cavern features a variety of speleothems including columns, soda straws, draperies, helictites, and popcorn. The park offers bat flight viewing at sunset and sunrise. The park contains over 119 caves but only three caves are open to public tours. Carlsbad Caverns is the most famous and is fully developed with electric lights, paved trails, and elevators. Slaughter Canyon Cave and Spider Cave are undeveloped except for designated paths for the guided “adventure” caving tours. Reservations are currently required to enter the caverns and must be purchased by calling 877-444-6777 or visiting the National Park Service website.
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Visitors to Carlsbad Caverns National Park make their way down the natural entrance Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. Carlsbad Caverns includes the largest chamber in North America, named the Big Room, which is almost 4,000 feet long, 625 feet wide, and 255 feet high at its highest point. The cavern features a variety of speleothems including columns, soda straws, draperies, helictites, and popcorn. The park offers bat flight viewing at sunset and sunrise. The park contains over 119 caves but only three caves are open to public tours. Carlsbad Caverns is the most famous and is fully developed with electric lights, paved trails, and elevators. Slaughter Canyon Cave and Spider Cave are undeveloped except for designated paths for the guided "adventure" caving tours. Reservations are currently required to enter the caverns and must be purchased by calling 877-444-6777 or visiting the National Park Service website. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
Visitors to Carlsbad Caverns National Park view a 3-dimensional model of the cavern before making their way down the natural entrance Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. Carlsbad Caverns includes the largest chamber in North America, named the Big Room, which is almost 4,000 feet long, 625 feet wide, and 255 feet high at its highest point. The cavern features a variety of speleothems including columns, soda straws, draperies, helictites, and popcorn. The park offers bat flight viewing at sunset and sunrise. The park contains over 119 caves but only three caves are open to public tours. Carlsbad Caverns is the most famous and is fully developed with electric lights, paved trails, and elevators. Slaughter Canyon Cave and Spider Cave are undeveloped except for designated paths for the guided "adventure" caving tours. Reservations are currently required to enter the caverns and must be purchased by calling 877-444-6777 or visiting the National Park Service website. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
Visitors to Carlsbad Caverns National Park make their way down the natural entrance Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico.
(Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
Visitors to Carlsbad Caverns National Park make their way down the natural entrance Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico.
A National Park Service Ranger surveys the trail at Carlsbad Caverns National Park for items left behind by visitor to protect the fragile environment Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. Carlsbad Caverns includes the largest chamber in North America, named the Big Room, which is almost 4,000 feet long, 625 feet wide, and 255 feet high at its highest point. The cavern features a variety of speleothems including columns, soda straws, draperies, helictites, and popcorn. The park offers bat flight viewing at sunset and sunrise. The park contains over 119 caves but only three caves are open to public tours. Carlsbad Caverns is the most famous and is fully developed with electric lights, paved trails, and elevators. Slaughter Canyon Cave and Spider Cave are undeveloped except for designated paths for the guided "adventure" caving tours. Reservations are currently required to enter the caverns and must be purchased by calling 877-444-6777 or visiting the National Park Service website. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
A info board along the trail at Carlsbad Caverns National Park informs visitors about the origins of Devil's Spring Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
A column as seen at Devil's Spring in Carlsbad Caverns National Park Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. Carlsbad Caverns includes the largest chamber in North America, named the Big Room, which is almost 4,000 feet long, 625 feet wide, and 255 feet high at its highest point. The cavern features a variety of speleothems including columns, soda straws, draperies, helictites, and popcorn. The park offers bat flight viewing at sunset and sunrise. The park contains over 119 caves but only three caves are open to public tours. Carlsbad Caverns is the most famous and is fully developed with electric lights, paved trails, and elevators. Slaughter Canyon Cave and Spider Cave are undeveloped except for designated paths for the guided "adventure" caving tours. Reservations are currently required to enter the caverns and must be purchased by calling 877-444-6777 or visiting the National Park Service website. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
Signage points Visitors to Carlsbad Caverns National Park to the Big Room route Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
Visitors to Carlsbad Caverns National Park make their way down the path of the Big Room Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
Visitors to Carlsbad Caverns National Park make their way down the path of the Big Room Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
Members of Boy Scouts of America Troop 1861 from College Station, Texas, read an info board at Carlsbad Caverns National Park as they make their way through the Big Room Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
A member of Boy Scouts of America Troop 1861 from College Station, Texas, makes his way through the Big Room in at Carlsbad Caverns National Park Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
Carlsbad Caverns National Park features a variety of speleothems including columns, soda straws, draperies, helictites, and popcorn Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
Carlsbad Caverns National Park features a variety of speleothems including columns, soda straws, draperies, helictites, and popcorn Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
Carlsbad Caverns National Park features a variety of speleothems including columns, soda straws, draperies, helictites, and popcorn Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
Carlsbad Caverns National Park features a variety of speleothems including columns, soda straws, draperies, helictites, and popcorn Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
A visitor to Carlsbad Caverns National Park make their way down the natural entrance Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
Visitors to Carlsbad Caverns National Park make their way down the path of the Big Room Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
The Giant Dome, center, is considered a column as it meets up with the ceiling while the nearly identical Twin Domes, left, come up short and are stalagmites in Carlsbad Caverns National Park's Big Room Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
The Giant Dome, center, is considered a column as it meets up with the ceiling while the nearly identical Twin Domes, right, come up short and are stalagmites in Carlsbad Caverns National Park's Big Room Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
Visitors to Carlsbad Caverns National Park make their way down the natural entrance Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
Visitors to Carlsbad Caverns National Park make their way down the natural entrance Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
A visitor to Carlsbad Caverns National Park reads an info load about as they make their way through the Big Room Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
Carlsbad Caverns National Park features a variety of speleothems including columns, soda straws, draperies, helictites, and popcorn Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
Carlsbad Caverns National Park features a variety of speleothems including columns, soda straws, draperies, helictites, and popcorn Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
Carlsbad Caverns National Park features a variety of speleothems including columns, soda straws, draperies, helictites, and popcorn Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
Carlsbad Caverns National Park features a variety of speleothems including columns, soda straws, draperies, helictites, and popcorn Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. Carlsbad Caverns includes the largest chamber in North America, named the Big Room, which is almost 4,000 feet long, 625 feet wide, and 255 feet high at its highest point. The park offers bat flight viewing of Mexican free-tailed, also known as Brazilian free-tailed bats, at sunset and sunrise. The park contains over 119 caves but only three caves are open to public tours. Carlsbad Caverns is the most famous and is fully developed with electric lights, paved trails, and elevators. Slaughter Canyon Cave and Spider Cave are undeveloped except for designated paths for the guided "adventure" caving tours. Reservations are currently required to enter the caverns and must be purchased by calling 877-444-6777 or visiting the National Park Service website. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)(Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
Carlsbad Caverns National Park features a variety of speleothems including columns, soda straws, draperies, helictites, and popcorn Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
Carlsbad Caverns National Park features a variety of speleothems including columns, soda straws, draperies, helictites, and popcorn Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
Carlsbad Caverns National Park features a variety of speleothems including columns, soda straws, draperies, helictites, and popcorn Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. Carlsbad Caverns includes the largest chamber in North America, named the Big Room, which is almost 4,000 feet long, 625 feet wide, and 255 feet high at its highest point. The park offers bat flight viewing of Mexican free-tailed, also known as Brazilian free-tailed bats, at sunset and sunrise. The park contains over 119 caves but only three caves are open to public tours. Carlsbad Caverns is the most famous and is fully developed with electric lights, paved trails, and elevators. Slaughter Canyon Cave and Spider Cave are undeveloped except for designated paths for the guided "adventure" caving tours. Reservations are currently required to enter the caverns and must be purchased by calling 877-444-6777 or visiting the National Park Service website. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
Carlsbad Caverns National Park features a variety of speleothems including columns, soda straws, draperies, helictites, and popcorn Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
Carlsbad Caverns National Park features a variety of speleothems including columns, soda straws, draperies, helictites, and popcorn Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
Carlsbad Caverns National Park features a variety of speleothems including columns, soda straws, draperies, helictites, and popcorn Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico.(Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
Carlsbad Caverns National Park features a variety of speleothems including columns, soda straws, draperies, helictites, and popcorn Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico.(Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
Flowstone along the pathway at Carlsbad Caverns National Park Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
Visitors wait in line at the elevators at Carlsbad Caverns National Park Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
Visitors to Carlsbad Caverns National Park view a 3-dimensional model of the cavern before making their way down the natural entrance Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. Carlsbad Caverns includes the largest chamber in North America, named the Big Room, which is almost 4,000 feet long, 625 feet wide, and 255 feet high at its highest point. The cavern features a variety of speleothems including columns, soda straws, draperies, helictites, and popcorn. The park offers bat flight viewing at sunset and sunrise. The park contains over 119 caves but only three caves are open to public tours. Carlsbad Caverns is the most famous and is fully developed with electric lights, paved trails, and elevators. Slaughter Canyon Cave and Spider Cave are undeveloped except for designated paths for the guided "adventure" caving tours. Reservations are currently required to enter the caverns and must be purchased by calling 877-444-6777 or visiting the National Park Service website. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
Carlsbad Caverns National Park includes the largest chamber in North America, named the Big Room, which is almost 4,000 feet long, 625 feet wide, and 255 feet high at its highest point. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
Barbary sheep walk the edge of a cliff at Carlsbad Caverns National Park in the Guadalupe Mountains Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. (Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
A Barbary sheep walks the edge of a cliff at Carlsbad Caverns National Park in the Guadalupe Mountains Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico.(Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
A Barbary sheep walks the edge of a cliff at Carlsbad Caverns National Park in the Guadalupe Mountains Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. The invasive North African sheep was spotted in 1959 and their population as since grown after failed attempts to eradicate them to protect and perpetuate the natural ecosystem. Barbary sheep pose a threat to the native bighorn sheep by parasites and disease.(Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
A herd of Barbary sheep at Carlsbad Caverns National Park in the Guadalupe Mountains Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. The invasive North African sheep was spotted in 1959 and their population as since grown after failed attempts to eradicate them to protect and perpetuate the natural ecosystem. Barbary sheep pose a threat to the native bighorn sheep by parasites and disease.(Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
A Barbary sheep jumps to a path along a cliff at Carlsbad Caverns National Park in the Guadalupe Mountains Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico. The invasive North African sheep was spotted in 1959 and their population as since grown after failed attempts to eradicate them to protect and perpetuate the natural ecosystem. Barbary sheep pose a threat to the native bighorn sheep by parasites and disease.(Odessa American|Jacob Ford)
