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The slopes of the peak support ponderosa pine, southwestern white pine, douglas-fir, and juniper. The ascent to the summit involves hiking 8.7 miles (14 km) with 2,700 feet of elevation gain via a round-trip loop up the Bear Canyon Trail and down the Tejas Trail. [ 6 ]
Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains west to Salt Basin, and east to the Delaware River which is part of the Pecos River watershed. [1] The mountain's toponym was officially adopted on November 4, 1938, by the United States Board on Geographic Names to commemorate George Getz Shumard (1823–1867), who made the first geologic ...
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
Jul. 25—AUSTIN — The Texas Water Development Board Tuesday approved by resolution financial assistance in the amount of $12 million from the State Water Implementation Fund for Texas program ...
Alpine (/ ˈ æ l p aɪ n / AL-pyne) is a city in and the county seat of Brewster County, Texas, United States. [5] The population was 6,035 at the 2020 census. [6] The town has an elevation of 4,462 feet (1,360 m), and the surrounding mountain peaks are over 1 mile (1.6 km) above sea level.
Guadalupe Mountains National Park is a national park of the United States in the Guadalupe Mountains, east of El Paso, Texas.The mountain range includes Guadalupe Peak, the highest point in Texas at 8,751 feet (2,667 m), and El Capitan used as a landmark by travelers on the route later followed by the Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach line.
Carter Peak is located on the west side of the Chisos Mountains in Big Bend National Park. The mountain is composed of intrusive rock which formed during the Oligocene period. [ 4 ] Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,500 feet (457 m) above Oak Canyon in one-quarter mile (0.4 km).
The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names, [3] and has been reported in publications since at least 1902. [9] Legend has it that the mountain was named after Santiago, an Indian fighter from Presidio del Norte who was killed by Apache at the base of this peak.