rv parks near Carlsbad cavern

We usually stay at the Dog Canyon campground in Guadalupe NP but that's a good ways out on a two lane road so probably not of interest to you for camping. However, it would be an awesome ride on the trike and Sitting Bull Falls in Lincoln NF is out that way and worth a stop.

Recommend the Lower Cave tour in the Caverns (reservations suggested) and we enjoyed the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park. We've also stayed at Brantley Lake SP when we wanted hookups and thought it was better than any of the commercial CG's in the area.