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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]
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.
English: This is a locator map showing Guadalupe County in Texas. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006: Source:
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 274 m
Culberson County Hospital and Van Horn Rural Clinic. According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 3,813 square miles (9,880 km 2), of which 3,813 square miles (9,880 km 2) are land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km 2) (0.01%) is covered by water. [29] It is the fifth-largest county by area in Texas.
Guadalupe Mountains may not be a household name like Grand Canyon or Yosemite, but it’s a national treasure. 'Literally one of a kind': Guadalupe Mountains National Park is Texas' best kept ...
It is located in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, and is part of the Guadalupe Mountains range in southeastern New Mexico and West Texas. The mountain is about 90 miles (140 km) east of El Paso and about 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Carlsbad, New Mexico. The peak rises more than 3,000 feet (910 m) above the arid floor of the Chihuahuan Desert.
Bartlett Peak is located in Guadalupe Mountains National Park and it ranks as the fourth-highest peak in the Guadalupe Mountains, the park, the county, and in the state of Texas. [5] The mountain is composed of late Permian limestone like the other peaks in the Guadalupe Mountains.