Exploring Carlsbad Cavern can take as little as 45 minutes to more than 2½ hours, depending on whether visitors walk the steep path down from the cave's Natural Entrance or take an elevator to the relatively flat Big Room.

With a crime rate of 34 per one thousand residents, Carlsbad has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 30.