Carlsbad Caverns in November

Another vote for Brantley Lake SP.

Also highly recommend the Lower Cave tour. Reservations suggested.

I stayed at White's City a couple of years ago when I visited Carlsbad. As others have said, it's not much of a place to stay. Gravel parking lot basically with a bunch of pull-thrus. They only have 50A power connections but will loan you an adapter if all you need is 30A. Even so, I had problems with the 30A power and wasn't able to run my A/C which was much needed when I was there.

We stayed at Brantley Lake state park which is a bit closer to Carlsbad than the aforementioned KOA, we always prefer state parks over private parks when RVing. Roomy sites with cement table and metal roofing with wind blind as well, nicely spaced out and good views to boot. Convenient to other Carlsbad attractions such as the Living Desert Zoo state park and Sitting Bull Falls to mention a couple.

Pay attention to the folks that commented about White's city.

The KOA is the best park in the area from my experience. And the BBQ they make and deliver to your rig is excellent.

The KOA is actually something like 12-15 miles north of the town of Carlsbad and the caverns are about that far south of town. But I agree. The RV park at Whites City ain't much to look at. The KOA is much better, if less convenient.

TexasShadow wrote:
White's City was a real dump a few years ago when we were there. The closest RV park will be in the town of Carlsbad. There is a nice KOA north of town a few miles. 7 rivers resort, I think it's called.
Hope someone will let us know if White's City has been cleaned up.

2X on the above

White's City was a real dump a few years ago when we were there. The closest RV park will be in the town of Carlsbad. There is a nice KOA north of town a few miles. 7 rivers resort, I think it's called.
Hope someone will let us know if White's City has been cleaned up.

You may want to check this out. It is at the bottom of the access road to the Caverns.
White's City