NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Guadalupe Mountains National Park

Guadalupe Mountains National Park is located in the Guadalupe Mountains of West Texas and contains Guadalupe Peak, the highest point in Texas at 8,749 feet (2,667 m) in elevation. It also contains El Capitan, long used as a landmark by people traveling along the old route later followed by the Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach line. Visitors can see the ruins of an old stagecoach station near the Pine Springs Visitor Center. Camping is available nearby at the Pine Springs Campground. The restored Frijole Ranch House is now a small museum of local ranching history and is the trailhead for Smith Spring. The park covers 135 mi² (350 km²) and is in the same mountain range as Carlsbad Caverns National Park which is located about 80 miles (129 km) to the north in New Mexico. The World Conservation Union or International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ... This article is about national parks. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... Image File history File links US_Locator_Blank. ... For other uses, see Texas (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that Carlsbad North, New Mexico be merged into this article or section. ... Official language(s) None Spoken language(s) English 68. ... is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The National Park Service (NPS) is the United States federal agency that manages all National Parks, many National Monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. ... Guadalupe Mountains The Guadalupe Mountains are a mountain range located in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico. ... The dry plains of West Texas, have often been divided up into tracks of land divided by barbed wire fences. ... Guadalupe Peak is the highest point in Texas. ... For other uses, see Texas (disambiguation). ... El Capitan is a peak in Texas, USA. It lies within the Guadalupe Mountains National Park. ... The Butterfield Stage, also known as Butterfield Overland Stage and Butterfield Overland Mail was a precursor to todays Information Superhighway in the United States, operating from 1857 to 1861. ... Stagecoach in Switzerland A stagecoach is a type of four-wheeled enclosed passenger and/or mail coach, strongly sprung and drawn by four horses, widely used before the introduction of railway transport. ... To help compare different orders of magnitude and geographical regions, we list here areas between 100 kmÂ² and 1000 kmÂ². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... For exotic financial options, see Mountain range (options). ... Carlsbad Caverns National Park is a United States National Park located in the Guadalupe Mountains of the southeastern corner of New Mexico (Eddy County). ... Official language(s) None Spoken language(s) English 68. ...

The park also contains McKittrick Canyon. During the Fall, McKittrick comes alive with a blaze of color from the turning Bigtooth Maples, in stark contrast with the surrounding Chihuahuan desert. A trail in the canyon leads to the cabin of Wallace Pratt, a petroleum geologist who donated the land in order to establish the park. United States National Park Service photo of Guadalupe Peak and El Capitan (Texas) Source URL: http://science. ... United States National Park Service photo of Guadalupe Peak and El Capitan (Texas) Source URL: http://science. ... Binomial name Acer grandidentatum Nutt. ... Map of the Chihuahuan Desert. ... Wallace E. Pratt (1885-1981) was a pioneer U.S. petroleum geologist. ... Petroleum geology is a term used to refer to the specific set of geological disciplines that are applied to the search for hydrocarbons (oil exploration). ...

For details on the area's geology, see Delaware Basin. The Delaware Basin in West Texas and southern New Mexico is famous for holding large oil fields and for exposing a fossilized reef. ...

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