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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.
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
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El Capitan (Spanish: El Capitán) is a peak in Culberson County, Texas, located within Guadalupe Mountains National Park. [2] The 10th-highest peak in Texas at 8,085 ft (2,464 m), El Capitan is part of the Guadalupe Mountains, an exposed portion of a Permian period reef uplifted and exposed by tectonic activity during the late Cretaceous period. [3]
Shumard Peak is located in Guadalupe Mountains National Park and with more recent accurate Lidar measurements, it ranks as the second-highest peak in the Guadalupe Mountains and in the state of Texas, [1] moving up from previous third in outdated sources.
The mountain is composed of late Permian limestone like the other peaks in the Guadalupe Mountains. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over 4,500 feet (1,372 m) above Salt Basin in three miles (4.8 km). Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains west to Salt Basin, and east to the Delaware River which is part of ...
It ranks as the fifth-highest peak in the Guadalupe Mountains and sixth-highest in the state of Texas. [2] The mountain is composed of late Permian limestone and Capitan Formation like the other peaks in the Guadalupe Mountains. [5] Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2,500 feet (762 m) above Pine Spring Canyon in one mile (1. ...