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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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Rattlesnake Springs Historic District. / 32.11000°N 104.46778°W / 32.11000; -104.46778. The Rattlesnake Springs Historic District is part of an isolated unit of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, surrounding a spring that creates an oasis in the Chihuahuan Desert. The area was homesteaded and farmed in 1880 by William Henry Harrison.
The Pecos River ( / ˈpeɪkəs / PAY-kəs [4]) ( Spanish: Río Pecos) originates in north-central New Mexico and flows into Texas, emptying into the Rio Grande. Its headwaters are on the eastern slope of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range in Mora County north of Pecos, New Mexico, at an elevation of over 12,000 feet (3,700 m). [5]
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 ...