Restaurants

Inside the park there are just three dining options—the surface-level dining room, the underground snack bar near the elevator, and picnicking at one of the tables at the east end of the parking lot. Luckily, everything is reasonably priced (especially for national park eateries). Outside the park, skip the mediocre eateries in nearby Whites City and drive into Carlsbad, which has plenty of good options.