pecos river flume

241lanceb

3 points of interest in one with the flume, spring, and Eddy house all in the same area. None are exceptionally exciting but all 3 are interesting and give some insight into the history of Carlsbad. If you are in the area on a nice day with 30min you should make the stop.

Tanawha208

take fun tour of the Christmas lights on the Pecos river via boat. It is cold, but they provide blankets. It is a fun 1 hour trip. There are lots of lights and everyone is very friendly. You turn around just before reaching the flume. The flume is well lit and is an interesting historic structure. Seeing it at night is very neat.

janalee63

This was an awesome experience! Looking at Christmas lights on the water! All of the houses along the Carlsbad river Flume were decorated for Christmas. The boat ride is about an hour long and there are three boats. Two that hold up to 45 passengers and one that holds 10. Christmas music is played through out the ride and it is a fun and festive experience for all!Make your reservations early the boats fill up fast!

llittle

I will admit, in the winter, this is not a real pretty place, but if you like to see neat things that we have built, you will enjoy the flume. would be much neater, during the irrigation season, with water flowing. it carries irrigation water over the top of pecos river. it is easy to find, just off the highway, on the north edge of Carlsbad. after you pass the lowes[going south], watch on the left and you will see it, a block or so east of the highway.

PhyllisS294

Had read about this here on Trip Advisor so we went by while in the area and there's really nothing there. Very little water, (and I know they need rain here badly) so maybe after a rain it would be worth seeing but it was 'nothing' but an old cement structure with weeds growing around it and it was leaking at one end. As someone else said, there was no historic information or signage for you to even realize what it is. Sad!! A local told us that they're supposed to be working on cleaning this all up but if so, there's a long ways to go. Disappointing!

liblady1124

When have you seen a river cross itself? Come to the Flume and you will! Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not for this fact. This concrete structure is the result of many attempts built in wood - devasting floods at the turn of the century were not kind. This is a great spot for bird watching and walking.

bsg78

This flume is just off Hwy 285 and is interesting because it send water through a tunnel over Pecos River. However, there is no interpretation or historic information for visitors. It is a shame, because it could be a tourist attraction, along with the heritage park that is falling apart and full of trash. A real shame.

JeniferW527

The flume was an interesting site. However, it was in severe disrepair, and seemed as though it might collapse any minute. Water was leaking from one end and puddling under the arch.

NMRugger

the flume thing is less than 200 years old, and it leaks, requires repairs, and is ugly. Roman aqueducts are almost 2000 years old, and much more effective as well as awesome looking.

TravellingAZTeacher

This is still a working water flume which carries irrigation water across the Pecos River to the farms south of the City of Carlsbad. This concrete flume was built about 1904 after the previous two wooden flumes were destroyed in floods. This 'new' flume has paid for itself many times over and has survived two large floods since, the biggest in 1966 when the water was up to the top of the arches. It is easily accessible, free to all and something you need to take a moment to see if you are in town. Oh, and just on the down stream side is THE Carlsbad Spring. The entire town was renamed Carlsbad to promote this spring as a health destination at the turn of the last century. now, the original concrete foundation is still there, and you can still see the several hundred gallons of water a minute flow into Lake Carlsbad.

ChrisK14

It's a viaduct. What else can you say? I bit out of place in the middle of a desert. We were just visiting to snap a photo of it for a scavenger hunt sponsored by the New Mexico Dept. of Tourism.

AloftheWest

It's an aqueduct which siphons off all the water of the Pecos River upstream behind a dam and only releases water through the irrigation channels when needed for crops. The nice lake you see south of the aqueduct comes from springs which feed the river downstream and are backed up by a dam south of the very nice park along the riverbank. The park was built by the WPA and has an unusual recreation center converted from an abandoned steam electric generation plant. This riverside park is the only real draw of Carlsbad other than the Living Desert Zoo *** on the northwest outskirts of town, the southwestern style courthouse downtown*, and the Carlsbad Caverns National Park**** about 20 miles south of town. Sitting Bull Falls*** is a lovely spot for a picnic and a day hike if you have an afternoon to kill (get directions from the visitor center downtown. That's about all there is within 50 miles of Carlsbad!

DesertMoon4

I don't know if it was the time of year or if unusual drought plagues southern New Mexico, but neither the Pecos River Flume nor the Pecos River (below the Flume) had water in it. There is a dam downstream, and the water had backed up to NEAR the flume. Downstream of the flume parks and riverwalks adorn the sides of the Pecos River.