Carlsbad Caverns National Park is a United States National Park located in the southeastern corner of New Mexico near the city of Carlsbad, where the plains of the Chihuahuan Desert meet the Guadalupe Mountains.
On October 25, 1923, President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed the Carlsbad Caverns a national monument. Status as a National Park was designated in 1930 and in 1995 it was proclaimed a UNESCO World Heritage site.
