Casa Grande Peak

Casa Grande Peak
East aspect
Highest point
Elevation	7,325 ft (2,233 m) [1] [2]
Prominence	585 ft (178 m) [2]
Parent peak	Toll Mountain (7,409 ft) [2]
Isolation	0.93 mi (1.50 km) [2]
Coordinates	29°16′04″N103°17′14″W / 29.2676582°N 103.2873267°W / 29.2676582; -103.2873267 [3]
Geography
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Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Brewster
Protected area	Big Bend National Park [4]
Parent range	Chisos Mountains [4]
Topo map	USGS The Basin
Geology
Rock age	Eocene
Mountain type	Lava dome
Rock type	Rhyolite
Climbing
Easiest route	class 2 [2] Southwest slope

Casa Grande Peak is a 7,325-foot-elevation (2,233-meter) mountain summit in Brewster County, Texas, United States.

Description

Casa Grande Peak is located in Big Bend National Park and the Chisos Mountains. It ranks as the fifth-highest peak in this park, mountain range, and county, but only the 26th-highest in Texas. ^{[2] [4]} The peak is an extra-caldera vent, or volcanic dome, of the Pine Canyon caldera which formed about 32–35 million years ago during a period of volcanic activity. ^[5] Although modest in elevation, topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2,000 feet (610 m) above Chisos Basin in less than 1 mile (1.6 km). Based on the Köppen climate classification, Casa Grande Peak is located in a hot arid climate zone with hot summers and mild winters. ^[6] Any scant precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains into the Rio Grande watershed and the lower slopes of the peak are covered by juniper, oak, and piñon. "Casa Grande" is Spanish for "big house." The mountain is so named because it resembles a large castle, and the toponym was officially adopted in 1939 by the United States Board on Geographic Names. ^[3]

See also

• List of mountain peaks of Texas
• Geography of Texas

Gallery

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  Casa Grande Peak viewed from Chisos Basin Visitors Center
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  Northwest aspect
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  Casa Grande Peak (left) and Vernon Bailey Peak (right)
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  Southwest side of Casa Grande

References

1. Laurence Parent, Hiking Big Bend National Park, Rowman & Littlefield, 2022, ISBN   9781493063123, p. 55.
2. "Casa Grande Peak - 7,325' TX". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
3. "Casa Grande Peak". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2024-01-23.
4. "Casa Grande Peak, Texas". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
5. Scientific Investigations Map 3142, United States Geological Survey, 2010.
6. 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.

External links

• Casa Grande Peak: Weather forecast