The park is about 25 miles 40 km southwest of the town of Carlsbad, via US Highways 62 and 180 one road, two designations. This is a good road that is passable year-round except during rare, brief blizzards. Carlsbad itself has commuter air service via Mesa Airlines connecting to Albuquerque and a bus terminal. The closest major airport, with service by nearly all large airlines, is in El Paso, Texas, from which the park is also reached via US 62 and 180, with Guadalupe Mountains National Park en route.
