Guadalupe Peak
Highest natural point in Texas, in Guadalupe Mountains National Park.
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Towering more than 3,000 feet above the dry Chihuahuan Desert floor, Guadalupe Peak stands as Texas’s highest natural point at 8,751 feet. Also known as Signal Peak, it sits within Guadalupe Mountains National Park, part of the range straddling southeastern New Mexico and West Texas. The peak lies about 90 miles east of El Paso and 50 miles southwest of Carlsbad, New Mexico.
Quick Facts
- Elevation (ft)
- 8751
- Prominence (ft)
- 3029
- Range
- Guadalupe Mountains
- Listing
- State high point 14th
- Location
- Culberson County, Texas, U.S.
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Trail and summit
The peak is accessible year-round via a maintained stony trail that is 4.25 mi each way, with a 3000 ft elevation gain. This trail is part of the park's network of hiking paths. At the summit stands a stainless steel pyramid erected in 1958 by American Airlines to mark the 100th anniversary of the Butterfield Overland Mail, a stagecoach route that passed south of the mountain. One side bears the American Airlines logo; another displays a U.S. Postal Service tribute to the Pony Express Riders of the Butterfield Stage; the third shows a compass with the Boy Scouts of America logo. A hiker was found dead on New Year's Eve 2022 amid wind gusts exceeding 50 mi per hour and wind chills well below freezing. The park described the hike as a very strenuous 8.4 mi round trip with a 3000 ft elevation gain to the state's highest point.
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