Carlsbad Canyon Visitor Center
Your main resource for information about the park, as well as the place to purchase entry and tour tickets.
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Carlsbad Canyon Visitor Center Details
The Carlsbad Canyon Visitor Center is located at the end of Highway 7 (the Carlsbad Cavern Highway), seven miles off of Highway 180/62. Come here to get information for your visit to the park, as well as to purchase cave entrance passes and tour tickets. The visitor center has a gift shop, bookstore, restaurant, and kennel. The restaurant, the Carlsbad Caverns Trading Post, serves hot meals as well as to-go sandwiches, salads, and snacks. Pet owners can leave their animals at the kennel for $10 per day (pets are not allowed on any trails or inside the cavern). Outside the visitor center you'll find restrooms and water fountains.
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Nearby Points of Interest Around Carlsbad Canyon Visitor Center
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Bat Cave
Most of the cave's bat population lives in this underground chamber.
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Natural Entrance Trail
The Natural Entrance Trail is one of two options for self-guided touring of the cave.
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Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Carlsbad Cavern is one of the world's most famous show caves and forms the heart of Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
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Bat Flight Amphitheater
The amphitheater features rings of stone benches looking down on the cavern's natural entrance, where thousands of bats emerge nightly.
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Walnut Canyon Desert Drive
This nine-mile gravel loop is one of the few designated scenic drives in the park.
