Greatest Places: Top 10 Jobs and Travel Sites in Carlsbad NM

StoodThere.com published a list of the 100 Greatest Places to Stand in America for the 2010s. It is a fun trend-setting concept that lends itself to photography by travelers to all these places. The photos are posted on the website and you can add yours!

Carlsbad, New Mexico stands in the Number One spot on the Greatest 100 list, primarily for its location near Carlsbad Caverns National Park/Wilderness Area and other natural attractions in southern and southeastern New Mexco. If you are intent upon enjoying this area of New Mexico, after you visit Carlsbad Caverns, you might like to journey 100 miles north to visit Roswell, the sight of new Area 51 controversies in the summer of 2011.

One hundred miles to the west of Carlsbad is Las Cruces, another interesting, friendly place to visit. The colleges and universities in these regions of New Mexico offer environmental degree programs and a number of associated new products that include green oil produced from green algae.

Carlsbad began as the town od Eddy in the late 1880s, but became famous for its bat cave discovered in 1901 and began producing bat-watching events through present times. Medicinal springs north of town are responsible for its being named for the European Karlsbad healing center with its mineral springs. Potash mining brought major revenues to the town and the National Park System brought the tourist trade.

• Carlsbad Caverns National Park

The national park features two historic districts listed on the US National Register of Historic Places: 1) Carlsbad Cavern Historic District and 2) Rattlesnake Springs Historic District. This cavern and wildlife area are open 364 days a year, closed on Christmas.

A number of reasonably priced guided tours are available through different parts of the caverns, each is differently priced and a different minimum age requirement applies to each. No baby strollers are permitted in the caves and no children under 3 years old on the tours; but admission as of summer 2011 is free to youth and children under age 16.

Wheelchairs are accomodated in the "Big Room", accessible by elevator. An Underground Lunch Room is also a big attraction, The venue has only one access road, New Mexico Highway 7 off US 62/180 southest of Carlsbad.

Carlsbad Caverns National
3225 National Parks Highway
Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220

• Guadalupe Mountains, Texas

  This area is located directly across the state line in Texas. The website includes the National Park Service features for nformation on NPS geologic resource management programs, conservation, and features in the park.

• Holloman Air Force Base

  >>White Sands National Monument New Mexico -- White Sands is one of the world's natural wonders, featuring gypsum dunes and located within Holloman AFB.

• Lincoln National Forest

  Closed during 2011 to all visitors, because of extreme fire hazards.

• San Andres National Wildlife Refuge

  This is the site of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the San Andres National Wildlife Refuge, Chihuahuan desert, and wildlife that includes desert bighorn sheep, rams, mountain lion, cougar, puma, javelina, and others.

The German Air Force has trained in the United States since 1958 during the Cold War. It moved its training work to Holloman AFB in 1992, where it continues currently. British, German, and Italian air forces fly the Tornado Air-to-Ground and Air Defense fighter planes, manufactured in Munich, Germany.

• Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge - Dragonfly Festival - Friends of Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Roswell, New Mexico USA Learn more about NM wildlife. We have more species of dragonflies in one location than anywhere else in the nation!
• Brantley Lake State Park - North of Carlsbad NM.
• Carlsbad National Wildlife Refuge - The refuge is home to many nationally endangered or threatened plant and animal species. It offers camping, fishing, and other opportunities. Eight (8) miles north of Carlsbad on US 285/Pierce Street.
• High Plains Lesser Prairie Chicken Festival - Photography Safari - State of New Mexico Department of Game and Fish: Providing New Mexico and its wildlife Year-round Excellent Services
• Living Desert State Park, near Carlsbad - Park overview, detailed park information, maps of park, links to nearby parks, links to park related businesses.

The Carlsbad city development department reports that the average weekly pay rate in Carlsbad is $963 and only $794 for New Mexico overall in 2011.

Some of the largest local emloyers are:

• B & H Maintenance & Construction
• Best Western Stevens Inn
• Brininstool Equipment Sales
• Carlsbad Medical Center
• Carlsbad Municipal Schools
• City of Carlsbad
• Constructors, Inc.
• Eddy County
• Intrepid Potash
• Mosaic Mining
• NMSU-Carlsbad
• S.M. Stoller Corp.
• Xcel Energy

1. AT&T Bilingual Sales Consultants and Support Specialists
2. Occupational Therapists
3. Assistant Managers
4. Registered and Licensed Practical Nurses
5. Help Desk Staff
6. Emergency Department Techs
7. Phlebotomists
8. Dietary Utility Assistant
9. Hospital Admitting Clerks
10. Medical Technologists

1. Food and Beverage Service Workers
2. Personal and Home Care Aides
3. Healthcare Support Staff
4. Postsecondary Teachers (College and Vocatonal Schools)
5. Construction Trades Workers
6. Protective Service = Police, Firefighters, EMT, etc.
7. Registered Nurses (RN licensed)
8. Nursing, Psychiatric, and Home Health Aides
9. Retail Salespersons
10. Information and Record Clerks