Pinery Butterfield Stage Station Ruins — Attraction in Carlsbad

I love ruins, so I'm a bit biased here, but these ones habe walls that are actually rather intact! Its pretty cool to be able to see exactly how they put it together. Kids will like it if you explain it to them. The walk is a really nice, level earthen trail. There are lots of cacti around, but just keep to the path and you'll be fine. Great place to stretch your legs. If you miss the first entrance, there's a shoulder with a small parking lot and an entrance to the trail...

Interesting and easy paved quarter mile walk learning about the history of mail deliveries that went through this area from St Louis to San Francisco even before the pony express. The entrance off of the highway is barricaded off, so don't listen to Google maps because you have to park at the visitor center...

Cool spot to take a short walk around (either from the visitor center or direct parking area coming from the north.) Pretty surreal to be standing on the Pinery Butterfield Stage trail which was the precursor to the Pony Express....