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The Guadalupe Mountains reach their highest point at Guadalupe Peak, the highest point in Texas, [5] with an elevation of 8,751 feet (2,667 m). [6] The range lies southeast of the Sacramento Mountains and east of the Brokeoff Mountains. The mountain range extends north-northwest and northeast from Guadalupe Peak in Texas into New Mexico. [1]
The northern west–east perimeter of the sky island region merges into the higher elevation eastern Mogollon Rim and the White Mountains of eastern Arizona (southern Anasazi region). The sky islands are the northernmost of the Madrean pine–oak woodlands, and are classified as part of the Sierra Madre Occidental pine–oak forests ecoregion ...
Sierra Vieja is Spanish for "old mountains." Capote Peak is the most prominent in the range and is located fourteen miles northwest of Ranch to Market Road 2810. It has an elevation of 6,212 feet above sea level, with its summit rising 1,882 feet above nearby Capote Creek. [3] The peak stands at the southeastern edge of the range.
The most complex Natural Region, it includes Sand Hills, the Stockton Plateau, desert valleys, wooded mountain slopes and desert grasslands. The Basin and Range Province is in West Texas, west of the Pecos River, beginning with the Davis Mountains on the east and the Rio Grande to its west and south. The Trans-Pecos region is the only part of ...
The Malone Mountains are a small mountain chain located in West Texas, 10 miles west of Sierra Blanca. The tallest peak in the chain stands 5,062 feet above sea level. The mountains extend for 6 miles to the northwest. The mountains are known to be one of the only sites with Jurassic age fossils in Texas. [1]
Peaks in the state of Texas [1] [2] [3] Mountain Peak Elevation Prominence Isolation Location Mountain range County; Guadalupe Peak: 8,751 ft 2667 m: 3,031 ft 924 m: 72.6 mi 116.9 km Guadalupe Mountains: Culberson: Shumard Peak: 8,635 ft 2632 m: 899 ft
Mountain ranges of Texas, United States Related categories. Category:Mountains of Texas; Pages in category "Mountain ranges of Texas" The following 14 pages are in ...
Islands of Texas (3 C, 13 P) M. Mountain ... Mountain ranges of Texas (14 P) Mountains of Texas (59 P) P. Peninsulas of Texas (2 P) R. Rock formations of Texas (1 C ...