Carlsbad, New Mexico Hotels

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Carlsbad is the county seat of Eddy County, New Mexico, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 27,463. Carlsbad is the center of the designated micropolitan area of Carlsbad-Artesia, which has a total population of 51,658.

Carlsbad is located in the Chihuahuan Desert and the Pecos River Valley at an elevation of 3,295 feet. Carlsbad Caverns National Park is located eighteen miles southwest of the city, with Guadalupe Mountains National Park lying forty miles further southwest across the Texas border. There are also three man-made lakes within fifty miles of the city, including Lake Carlsbad.

Education in Carlsbad consists of the Carlsbad Municipal School District, New Mexico State University-Carlsbad, a branch of the College of the Southwest, and Northwood University.

Points of Interest: Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park, National Cave and Karst Research Center, The Cascades of Carlsbad, Lincoln National Forest, Project GNOME

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