Bee Mountain (Texas)

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Bee Mountain
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North aspect
Highest point
Elevation 3,460 ft (1,055 m) [1] [2]
Prominence 729 ft (222 m) [2]
Parent peak Willow Mountain (3,826 ft) [3]
Isolation 2.18 mi (3.51 km) [3]
Coordinates 29°20′33″N103°32′25″W / 29.3426173°N 103.5403676°W / 29.3426173; -103.5403676 [4]
Naming
Etymology Bee
Geography
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Bee Mountain
Location of Bee Mountain in Texas
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Bee Mountain
Bee Mountain (the United States)
CountryUnited States
State Texas
County Brewster
Parent range Christmas Mountains [2]
Topo map USGS Terlingua
Geology
Rock age Oligocene
Mountain type Volcanic plug [5]
Rock type Igneous rock
Volcanic arc Trans-Pecos Volcanic Field

Bee Mountain is a 3,460-foot-elevation (1,055-meter) summit in Brewster County, Texas, United States.

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Description

Bee Mountain is set the Chihuahuan Desert less than two miles outside the boundary of Big Bend National Park where it is a landmark seen from Highway 118 which skirts the eastern base of the peak. The mountain is a soda microsyenite volcanic plug which formed 34 million years ago when it intruded three Late Cretaceous marine sedimentary formations which included the Boquillas Formation and the Pen Formation. [6] Based on the Köppen climate classification, Bee Mountain is located in a hot arid climate zone with hot summers and mild winters. [7] Any scant precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains to the Rio Grande via Bens Hole Creek and Terlingua Creek. [2] Although modest in elevation, topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 860 feet (262 m) above Bens Hole Creek in 0.35 mile (0.56 km). The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names, [4] and has been listed in publications since at least 1904. [1] The name is attributed to native bees which would build their once numerous hives in crevices on the sides of the mountain before settlers eventually destroyed them to collect honey. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 A Gazetteer of Texas, Henry Gannett, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1904, p. 25.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Bee Mountain, Texas". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  3. 1 2 "Bee Mountain - 3,452' TX". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  4. 1 2 "Bee Mountain". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  5. ↑ Bee Mountain, Study Butte, Brewster County, Texas, USA, Mindat.org, Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  6. ↑ Droddy, Marvin Jr. Contact metamorphism of Cretaceous sedimentary rocks near the Bee Mountain intrusion, Brewster County, Texas, 1974, Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  7. ↑ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN   1027-5606.
  8. ↑ Bee Mountain, Texas State Historical Association, Retrieved 2024-11-16.
South aspect of Bee Mountain Rugged Peaks along State Highway 118 near Terlingua, Texas.jpg
South aspect of Bee Mountain
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