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Pics from the cavern. For those with mobility issues there are elevators that go down into the cavern.
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This is one of my bucket list adventures, thank you for posting up pictures... i love how no ones pictures are quite the same if this famous location. Too bad you can’t camp down in there because I would stay there a week exploring.Pics from the cavern. For those with mobility issues there are elevators that go down into the cavern.
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Might take more than a week dang it is a big hole in the ground.This is one of my bucket list adventures, thank you for posting up pictures... i love how no ones pictures are quite the same if this famous location. Too bad you can’t camp down in there because I would stay there a week exploring.
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They won't let you wonder off the very narrow path. Wa wa waaaaaThis is one of my bucket list adventures, thank you for posting up pictures... i love how no ones pictures are quite the same if this famous location. Too bad you can’t camp down in there because I would stay there a week exploring.
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Always nice to see good pictures. I last visited in 1973. Walked down, rode up. Always wanted to go back, ride down and walk up.Pics from the cavern. For those with mobility issues there are elevators that go down into the cavern.
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There should be some in the Guadalupe national park that is very close. There is plenty of trails in that area and a back road from Dell city to Cloudcroft that should be a good journey. Or if traveling east from Alamogordo to Cloudcroft and on s.e. to Dell city, Guadalupe and Carlsbad.Anyone have some nice dispersed campsites around Carlsbad they would not mind sharing? I'm thinking of taking my son down there on our way to my father's for Thanksgiving. I'd be pulling a trailer, so no crazy switch backs are tight trees.
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the wife and i did the caverns again a little over a year ago and while i was paying for admission, i went over to the info desk and talked to a ranger about boondocking and he showed me a map of BLM land just miles from the caverns. we did the caverns and then got back to the main road and went north a few miles and then went out in the desert and boondocked. apparently there is a lot of land in the area that fine to be on...like the ranger said, just dont cross over a fence because that is private property. we were off the main road a few miles and there was absolutely no one in sight the whole time we were there. ask the ranger at the help desk and he'll give you a printed map of what is ok to camp on. there were also a lot of dirt roads out in the desert that looked to be access roads for small oil wells.Anyone have some nice dispersed campsites around Carlsbad they would not mind sharing? I'm thinking of taking my son down there on our way to my father's for Thanksgiving. I'd be pulling a trailer, so no crazy switch backs are tight trees.
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Thanks. We will actually be coming from Colorado down through Roswell. I might try to find something between Roswell and Carlsbad, but that area does not look too promising.There should be some in the Guadalupe national park that is very close. There is plenty of trails in that area and a back road from Dell city to Cloudcroft that should be a good journey. Or if traveling east from Alamogordo to Cloudcroft and on s.e. to Dell city, Guadalupe and Carlsbad.
That area looks like a good option if I need something quick.This is just south of Whites City. Its BLM land. Easy access and tons of pullouts. My daughter and I stayed here overnight on our way to run the NMBDR. We went far enough in traffic noise wasnt an issue.
the wife and i did the caverns again a little over a year ago and while i was paying for admission, i went over to the info desk and talked to a ranger about boondocking and he showed me a map of BLM land just miles from the caverns. we did the caverns and then got back to the main road and went north a few miles and then went out in the desert and boondocked. apparently there is a lot of land in the area that fine to be on...like the ranger said, just dont cross over a fence because that is private property. we were off the main road a few miles and there was absolutely no one in sight the whole time we were there. ask the ranger at the help desk and he'll give you a printed map of what is ok to camp on. there were also a lot of dirt roads out in the desert that looked to be access roads for small oil wells.
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Thanks for the heads up. I looked at their site yesterday and they said they were still open. I'll check/call before we head that way.I saw on the news in Albuquerque yesterday that Carlsbad was closing for a while due to covid. It might be worth checking out before you head out.
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They just updated their site today and list the caverns as closed. :(I saw on the news in Albuquerque yesterday that Carlsbad was closing for a while due to covid. It might be worth checking out before you head out.