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Carlsbad (/ ˈ k ɑːr l z b æ d / KARLZ-bad) is a city in and the county seat of Eddy County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census , the city population was 32,238. [5] Carlsbad is centered at the intersection of U.S. Routes 62 / 180 and 285 , and is the principal city of the Carlsbad-Artesia Micropolitan Statistical Area , which ...
www .co .eddy .nm .us. Eddy County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 census, the population was 62,314. [1] Its county seat and largest city is Carlsbad. [2] The county was created in 1891 and later organized in 1892. [3] It is north of the Texas state line.
Carlsbad Caverns National Park is an American national park in the Guadalupe Mountains of southeastern New Mexico. The primary attraction of the park is the show cave Carlsbad Cavern. Visitors to the cave can hike in on their own via the natural entrance or take an elevator from the visitor center. The park entrance is located on US Highway 62 ...
The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, or WIPP, in New Mexico, US, is the world's third deep geological repository (after Germany's Repository for radioactive waste Morsleben and the Schacht Asse II salt mine) licensed to store transuranic radioactive waste for 10,000 years. The storage rooms at the WIPP are 2,150 feet (660 m) underground in a salt ...
The Caverns Historic District comprises the central developed area of Carlsbad Caverns National Park. The complex was built between the early 1920s and 1942, initially in Pueblo Revival style, and later in New Mexico Territorial Revival style in the area around the natural entrance to Carlsbad Caverns. The earlier structures are built of local ...
The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park, formerly the Living Desert Zoological and Botanical State Park, is a zoo and botanical garden displaying plants and animals of the Chihuahuan Desert in their native habitats. It is located off U.S. Route 285 at the north edge of Carlsbad, New Mexico, at an elevation of 3,200 feet (980 m) atop the ...
Cavern City Air Terminal ( IATA: CNM, ICAO: KCNM, FAA LID: CNM) is a public use airport in Eddy County, New Mexico, United States. [1] It is owned by the city of Carlsbad and located five nautical miles (6 mi, 9 km) southwest of its central business district. [1] The airport is served by one commercial airline, with scheduled passenger service ...
There are 32 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 1 National Historic Landmark. All of the places within the county on the National Register are also listed on the State Register of Cultural Properties . This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted May 10, 2024.