On the way to Carlsbad Caverns, you drive through White's City. It's a small tourist trap with a motel, gas station, museum, etc. I didn't visit the "Million Dollar Museum" as it's already been done.

The above shot was taken on the way to the city of Carlsbad, not to the caverns. Specifically, just over the New Mexico state line north of Orla.

To get to the caverns from Carlsbad I took a different route. Consult a map if you're confused. You see, it's a bit like an "A", with the city of Carlsbad at the top of the "A" and with White's City at the midpoint of the left line of the "A" (marked as b' on the figure, and otherwise known as 62/180). The right line of the "A" is the highway from Pecos to Carlsbad, specifically 285. The horizontal crosspiece of the "A" (marked c' in the figure) is a back road ("Black River Village Road") the cuts between 285 south of Carlsbad and White's City. Like I said, this would be much easier if you had a map in front of you.