Guadalupe Peak, also known as Signal Peak, is the highest natural point in
Texas
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, with an elevation of above
sea level
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.
[ It is located in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, and is part of the Guadalupe Mountains range in southeastern ]New Mexico
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and West Texas. The mountain is about east of El Paso and about southwest of Carlsbad, New Mexico. The peak rises more than above the arid floor of the Chihuahuan Desert.
Trail and summit
The peak can be climbed at any time of the year by a maintained stony trail ( each way) with a elevation gain. The trail is part of the network of hiking trails in the surrounding national park.
A stainless steel pyramid marks the summit. It was erected by American Airlines in 1958 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Butterfield Overland Mail, a stagecoach route that passed south of the mountain. One side of the pyramid has the American Airlines logo. The second side displays a U.S. Postal Service tribute to the Pony Express Riders of the Butterfield Stage. The third side displays a compass with the logo of the Boy Scouts of America.
A hiker was found dead on New Year's Eve 2022, as there were wind gusts of more than per hour and wind chills were "well below freezing".
Climate
Guadalupe Peak has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Bernd Köppen (1951–2014), German pianist and composer
* Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan
* Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author ...
''Cwb''). Interpolated climate data based on surrounding stations is presented below:
Gallery
File:ViewWestFromTopOfGuadalupePeakTexas.JPG, View west from top of peak.
File:ViewWestFromGuadalupePeak13October2012.JPG, Salt Flats from summit.
File:GuadalupeMountainsInEveningLight13October2012.JPG, Guadalupe Mountains in sunset.
File:GuadalupePeakTexasHikingTrail13October2012.JPG, Hiking trail up the peak.
File:GuadalupePeakCampground13October2012.JPG, High elevation () campground near summit.
File:RuralCulbersonCountyTexasFromGuadalupePeak13October2012.JPG, Culberson County, Texas, from the summit.
File:GuadalupePeakTexasOctober2012.JPG, The pyramid at the summit.
See also
* List of mountain peaks of North America
** List of mountain peaks of the United States
*** List of U.S. states by elevation
References
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{{Mountains of Texas
Mountains of Texas
Highest points of United States national parks
Landforms of Culberson County, Texas
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Highest points of U.S. states
Two-thousanders of the United States