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  2. List of mountain peaks of Texas - Wikipedia

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    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

  3. Guadalupe Peak - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Guadalupe Mountains - Wikipedia

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    The Guadalupe Mountains (Spanish: Sierra de Guadalupe) are a mountain range located in West Texas and southeastern New Mexico.The range includes the highest summit in Texas, Guadalupe Peak, 8,751 ft (2,667 m), and the "signature peak" of West Texas, El Capitan, both of which are located within Guadalupe Mountains National Park.

  5. Guadalupe Mountains National Park - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Black Mountain (Jeff Davis County, Texas) - Wikipedia

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    Black Mountain is the ninth-highest peak in the Davis Mountains and it ranks as 21st-highest in the state of Texas. [1] [2] Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over 2,000 feet (610 m) above Big Aguja Canyon in 1.25 mile (2 km). The mountain is composed of 35 million-year-old igneous rock. [4]

  7. List of U.S. states and territories by elevation - Wikipedia

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    Black Mountain [38] 28 4,139 ft 1262 m Mississippi River at Kentucky Bend: 38 257 ft 78 m 35 750 ft 230 m 28 3,882 ft 1183 m Louisiana [x] Driskill Mountain [39] 53 535 ft 163 m New Orleans: 2 −8 ft −2.4 m: 50 100 ft 30 m 53 543 ft 166 m

  8. Geography of Texas - Wikipedia

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    The geography of Texas is diverse and large. Occupying about 7% of the total water and land area of the U.S., [1] it is the second largest state after Alaska, and is the southernmost part of the Great Plains, which end in the south against the folded Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico.

  9. Toll Mountain - Wikipedia

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    It ranks as the fourth-highest peak in Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, and the Chisos Mountains, but only the 25th-highest in Texas. [1] [2] The mountain is composed of extrusive volcanic rock which formed during the Oligocene period. [4] Based on the Köppen climate classification, Toll Mountain is located in a hot arid climate zone ...