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Bottomless Lakes

The Bottomless Lakes State Park is located about 14 miles southeast of Roswell.

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Nearby Parks Around Bottomless Lakes

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79.3 mi away

Carlsbad Caverns

National Park · NM

102.5 mi away

Guadalupe Mountains

National Park · TX

112.9 mi away

White Sands

National Park · NM

283.7 mi away

Big Bend

National Park · TX

312.1 mi away

Great Sand Dunes

National Park · CO

334.0 mi away

Petrified Forest

National Park · AZ

Nearby Points of Interest Around Bottomless Lakes

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78.6 mi away

Guadalupe Mountains National Park

This national park is just over the New Mexico-Texas border, 32 miles to the southwest of Carlsbad Caverns National Park.

79.0 mi away

Highway 7 (Park Entrance Road)

This seven-mile paved road is the official entrance to the park.

79.2 mi away

Bat Flight Amphitheater

The amphitheater features rings of stone benches looking down on the cavern's natural entrance, where thousands of bats emerge nightly.

79.2 mi away

Walnut Canyon Desert Drive

This nine-mile gravel loop is one of the few designated scenic drives in the park.

79.3 mi away

Natural Entrance Trail

The Natural Entrance Trail is one of two options for self-guided touring of the cave.

79.3 mi away

Bat Cave

Most of the cave's bat population lives in this underground chamber.