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Franklin Mountains State Park is a state park in El Paso, Texas, United States. The park is named after the Franklin Mountains , a mountainous range that extends 23 mi (37 km) from El Paso to New Mexico .
The Franklin Mountains of Texas (Spanish: Sierras de los Mansos [1]) are a small range 23 miles (37 km) long, 3 miles (5 km) wide that extend from El Paso, Texas, north into New Mexico. [2] The Franklins were formed due to crustal extension related to the Cenozoic Rio Grande rift .
Advocacy for the protection of the mountains has been ongoing for several decades. In 1979 the Texas legislature passed a law allowing Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to accept the land to be incorporated into the newly created Franklin Mountains State Park, but the live munitions at the site prevented its transfer; later efforts to do so were continued to be stymied by remaining ...
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North Franklin, at 7,192 feet (2,192 m), is the highest point in El Paso, and the 27th-highest mountain in the state of Texas. [2] Surrounded by a state park and with a maintained trail leading to its summit, the mountain is a popular hiking destination.
The Ron Coleman Trail rises up the mountain toward a cave behind an El Paso Fire Department ambulance at the scene of a hiking death on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024, in McKelligon Canyon in El Paso, Texas.
The tramway is operated by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and is located in Franklin Mountains State Park. The tramway complex covers 196 acres (0.79 km 2) on the east side of the Franklin Mountains. The gondolas travel along two 2600 foot 1 3/8" diameter steel cables to Ranger Peak, 5,632 feet (1,717 m) above sea level.
All hiking trails including the Ron Coleman Trail begin at the end of McKelligon Canyon and are open year-round. McKelligon Canyon is part of the Franklin Mountains State Park and is subject to fees and restrictions from the Texas parks and Wildlife Department. [2]