The big room trail is the only wheelchair accessible route in the cavern.
Big room carlsbad caverns national park.
3225 national parks highway carlsbad nm 88220.
Free with national parks and federal recreational lands passes enjoy the cavern at your own pace the entrance fee includes access to the enjoy on your own the majority of carlsbad cavern along the big room and natural entrance trails.
The cavern audio guide notably enhances the tour.
How to visit carlsbad caverns national park during the covid 19 pandemic.
Access is available by elevator or hiking.
Ranger guided tours temporarily suspended until further notice.
The park offers elevator service into and out of the cavern where you can access the big room trail.
Taking approximately one hour this circular route passes many large and famous.
It is the fifth largest chamber in north america and the twenty eighth largest in the world.
All visitors who enter the cavern are required to walk on bio cleaning mats after exiting.
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Big room carlsbad caverns national park.
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Some of nature s most awe inspiring landscapes lie hidden underground such as the chandelier ballroom in lechuguilla cave.
Browse through our photo galleries to see photographs of the big room natural entrance and our ranger guided tours.
Explore carlsbad cavern at your own pace on these two trails.
The big room at carlsbad caverns national park is a large limestone chamber that is almost 4 000 feet long 625 feet wide and 255 feet tall at its highest point.
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You will discover this one mile 2 km trail after you descend 750 feet 229 m into the underground rest area.
Access is available by elevator or hiking and requires an entrance ticket.