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Travel: Guadalupe Mountains National Park

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Guadalupe Mountains National Park is located on the New Mexico border in northwest Texas, about halfway between Midland and El Paso.

According to the National Park Service, Guadalupe Mountains National Park hosts eight of the ten highest peaks in Texas and provides an abundance of outstanding, primitive recreational opportunities and excellent vantage points from which to view the surrounding Chihuahuan Desert landscape.

Graham Waggener visited on a recent trip out west, and shares pictures from his climb to Guadalupe Peak, the highest natural point in Texas.




This story was posted on 2023-05-07 14:33:26
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Travel: Guadalupe Peak Trail



2023-05-07 - Guadalupe Mountains National Park - Photo by Graham Waggener.
Guadalupe Peak is the highest natural point in Texas, with an elevation of 8,751 feet above sea level. The peak can be climbed by a maintained strenuous day hike via the Guadalupe Peak Trail with a 3,000 feet elevation gain at any time of the year.

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Travel: Looking up at the summit of Guadalupe Peak



2023-05-07 - Guadalupe Mountains National Park - Photo by Graham Waggener.
Guadalupe Peak is the highest natural point in Texas, with an elevation of 8,751 feet above sea level. A six-foot high stainless steel trylon marks the summit.

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Travel: Guadalupe Peak Pilot Memorial



2023-05-07 - Guadalupe Mountains National Park - Photo by Graham Waggener.
The pilot memorial was erected in 1958 by American Airlines at the summit of Guadalupe Peak. The six-foot high stainless steel trylon, erected before the authorization of Guadalupe Mountains National Park, commemorates the carriers of transcontinental overland and air mail.

Read more about the history of Guadalupe Mountains National Park at www.nps.gov/parkhistory

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Travel: The view from Guadalupe Peak



2023-05-07 - Guadalupe Mountains National Park - Photo by Graham Waggener.
Guadalupe Peak, located in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, is the highest natural point in Texas, with an elevation of 8,751 feet above sea level. The peak can be climbed by a maintained strenuous day hike via the Guadalupe Peak Trail with a 3,000 feet elevation gain at any time of the year, and the reward for the climb is a spectacular view.

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