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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 .
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 .
North Franklin Mountain (or North Franklin Peak) is a mountain in the Franklin Mountains of El Paso, Texas, located in the Southwestern United States. 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 ]
The Star on the Mountain is a man-made star-shaped landmark on the Franklin Mountains in El Paso, Texas, that is illuminated nightly by the El Paso Chamber.It was first lit as a Christmas decoration in 1940 and was meant as a reminder to people on both sides of the nearby Mexico–United States border that America was at peace during the holiday season.
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.
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 ...
The original M on the Franklin Mountains was painted in 1923, just to the east of what is now Murchison Park. University of Texas at El Paso celebrates TCM Day this week, the longest-running ...
A missing hiker found dead on El Paso's Ron Coleman Trail has been identified as a 39-year-old man.