Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico
Entrance to
The Carlsbad Caverns
You can take the elevator, or if you want
the experience of a lifetime, you will walk the trail that is the original route taken when the caverns were discovered.
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Once inside the caverns, you will walk 1 mile as you drop 750 feet below the surface.
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I first visited the Carlsbad Caverns when I was about 7 years old. That was 14 grandkids ago and I still think
it is the most wonderful place I have ever seen.
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I have been back several times over the last 55 years. Each time, I enjoy it just a little more than I did the first time.
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If you have not visited the Carlsbad Caverns, you have no idea what you are missing. It is worth driving thousands of miles, just to spend a day at this most beautiful creation of nature.
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Stalactites
You will see stalactites (sta-lac-tites) hanging from the ceiling, some over 80 feet long. For millions of years
nature has been working on this limestone to create these wonders.
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This old stalactite is loaded with interesting designs. It has only taken this one a few hundred thousand years to grow this much.
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Stalagmites
You will see giant stalagmites (sta-lag-mites) rising from the floor. Some several stories high.
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More Stalagmites
After millions of years, this stalactite
is more than eighty feet tall. However,
it is still growing!
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Some of the stalactites become stalagmites as they extend from floor to ceiling.
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More Beauty
More beauty in one place
than you could imagine.
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The Great Room
After you complete the one mile journey down the winding trail, you end up in the Great Room. It is
250 feet high and 1,800 feet wide. There you can buy something to eat and drink, or a trinket to take with you. You can now take the elevator up the 900 feet back to the surface, or you can take another trail that takes you around the Great Room. You will want to take
the trail.
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Stone Dwellings at Carlsbad
The Conger Street Clock Museum
The Conger Street Clock Tower
This clock tower mechanism was built about 1780 and the
pendulum is 13 feet long. It takes almost 4 seconds
for the pendulum to complete one cycle.
This old clock tower mechanism is just one of the many
time related items you will find in this museum.
Click on the 1949 Firetruck to visit the
Conger Street Clock Museum
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