Carlsbad Caverns National Park

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  • The 24 American UNESCO World Heritage Sites Ranked (#15) (The Discoverer)

Established: May 14th, 1930

Area: 46,766.45 acres

Visitors (2017): 520,026

Carlsbad Caverns National Park has 117 caves, the longest of which is over 120 miles long. The Big Room is almost 4,000 feet long, and the caves are home to over 400,000 Mexican free-tailed bats and sixteen other species. Above ground are the Chihuahuan Desert and Rattlesnake Springs.