Fast Facts

• Over 50 miles of trailheads in it’s 46,766 acre land
• Located beneath the Guadalupe Mountains
• Over 250 million year ago this area was under water, but a change in the climate made the formations of this cave possible
• Thanks to President Calvin Coolidge, this area was established into a National park after he used the Antiquities Act to establish it as a monument
• The park is open year round except for Christmas, Memorial Day and Labor Day
• The cave’s temperature is cool but gets hotter the deeper you head
• Ancient artifacts include drawings found in the caves
• The 5th longest cave in the world
• Mexican free-tailed bats make this cave their home between April and October