Posted in New Mexico
April 05, 2020
Explore Carlsbad Caverns National Park Like Never Before On This Virtual Tour
Stuck at home or in the office? If you’re itching to explore the Land of Enchantment but unable to leave for an extended period of time, we have you covered. Recently, one New Mexico national park has been made available so you can tour without even leaving your couch.
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While it is best visited in person, the park will still knock your socks off in photos and videos.
The website has a number of activities, games, articles, and even virtual tours that allow you to learn all you want about art and culture around the world. Among these online activities are virtual tours of five national parks, which including New Mexico's very own Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
Click on the bat icon and learn how bats use echolocation to find their way around the caverns and locate food.
Icons will lead you to videos, photos of secret areas, and even see what it would look like to hike through the dark caves with a park ranger as your guide. It's an incredible sight to see all those stalactites, stalagmites, and other cave formations towering overhead.
To access the Carlsbad Caverns virtual tour, visit the Google Arts and Culture page, Hidden Worlds of the National Parks. It also has links to four other national parks in Alaska, Hawai’i, Utah, and Florida you can “tour.”
Link: The Hidden Worlds of the National Parks
Want to take another trip without leaving your home? You can catch a glimpse of New Mexican winters in decades past in Here Is What Winter Looked Like In New Mexico More Than 75 Years Ago.
Address: Carlsbad Cavern Natural Entrance, New Mexico 88220, USA
