Visitors wait in line at the elevators at Carlsbad Caverns ... come up short and are stalagmites in Carlsbad Caverns National Park’s Big Room Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Eddy County, New Mexico.

Carlsbad Caverns National Park features 119 caves ... accessible after an easy elevator descent. The Big Room is the largest cave chamber in North America, with 8.2 acres of floor area.

Carlsbad Caverns, which offers an elevator and a Big Room, is an excellent option for those new to cave tours. It is one of ...

Carlsbad Caverns National Park is known for ... down from the cave’s Natural Entrance or take an elevator to the relatively flat Big Room. “For being such an extreme environment, it's fairly ...

Getting there: From San Antonio, Carlsbad Caverns is ... to head over to the elevator back to the surface, or go further into the cavern and into what is called “The Big Room.” ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Some of the elevators that take visitors at Carlsbad Caverns National Park down ... winding trail 750 feet into the Big Room and hike all the way back again to return.

CARLSBAD CAVERNS NATIONAL PARK ... unveiled a 23-cent postcard with an image of the caverns' Giant Dome, the tallest formation in the Big Room. The column -- 62 feet tall and 100 feet around ...

Carlsbad Caverns is home to the Brazilian free-tailed bat ... Rock of Ages and Painted Grotto before completing the trail, leaving the Big Room and taking an elevator ride back up to the surface. As ...