Carlsbad Cavern National Park

Plans are for the first weekend to spend it at Carlsbad Cavern National Park with Jo Ann's and Jim's families.

http://www.nps.gov/cave/index.htm

Directions

To access Carlsbad Caverns National Park's only entrance road, New Mexico Highway 7, turn north from US Hwy 62/180 at Whites City, New Mexico - which is 20 miles southwest of Carlsbad, NM and 145 miles northeast of El Paso, Texas. The entrance road stretches a scenic 7-mile (11.3 km) from the park gate at Whites City to the Visitor Center and cavern entrance. The address for the park's Visitor Center is 727 National Parks Highway, Carlsbad, NM, 88220 even though it's located 27 miles from the town.

Carlsbad Caverns National Park and Vicinity Map 
http://www.nps.gov/cave/planyourvisit/upload/areamap.pdf [154k PDF file]
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We have tickets for the Kings Palace cave tour on Saturday afternoon

http://www.nps.gov/cave/planyourvisit/kings_palace.htm