Hunter Peak (Texas)

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Hunter Peak
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Southwest aspect
Highest point
Elevation 8,376 ft (2,553 m) [1]
Prominence 549 ft (167 m) [1]
Parent peak Bush Mountain (8,631 ft) [2]
Isolation 2.37 mi (3.81 km) [2]
Coordinates 31°54′50″N104°49′49″W / 31.9138446°N 104.8303020°W / 31.9138446; -104.8303020 [3]
Naming
Etymology Jessie Coleman Hunter [4]
Geography
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Hunter Peak
Location of Hunter Peak in Texas
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Hunter Peak
Hunter Peak (the United States)
CountryUnited States
State Texas
County Culberson
Protected area Guadalupe Mountains National Park [1]
Parent range Guadalupe Mountains [1]
Topo map USGS Guadalupe Peak
Geology
Rock age Lopingian
Rock type Limestone
Climbing
Easiest route class 1 hiking [2]

Hunter Peak is an 8,376-foot-elevation (2,553-meter) summit in Culberson County, Texas, United States.

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Description

Hunter Peak is located in Guadalupe Mountains National Park and it is immediately northwest of the park headquarters and visitor center. It ranks as the fifth-highest peak in the Guadalupe Mountains and sixth-highest in the state of Texas. [2] The mountain is composed of late Permian limestone and Capitan Formation like the other peaks in the Guadalupe Mountains. [5] Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2,500 feet (762 m) above Pine Spring Canyon in one mile (1.6 km). Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains east into the Delaware River which is part of the Pecos River watershed. The slopes of the peak support ponderosa pine, southwestern white pine, douglas-fir, and juniper. The ascent to the summit involves hiking 8.7 miles (14 km) with 2,700 feet of elevation gain via a round-trip loop up the Bear Canyon Trail and down the Tejas Trail. [6] The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1966 by the United States Board on Geographic Names to remember Jessie Coleman "J.C." Hunter (1890–1945), an early proponent of the park and major landowner of what became the park. [3] [5] He was largely responsible for the preservation of the Guadalupe Mountains in their virgin condition. [4]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Hunter Peak is located in a cold semi-arid climate zone with relatively hot summers, calm, mild autumn weather, and cool to cold weather in winter and early spring. [7] Nights are cool, even in summer. Late summer monsoons bring thunderstorms.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Hunter Peak, Texas". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Hunter Peak - 8,368' TX". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Hunter Peak". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  4. 1 2 Decisions on Geographic Names in the United States, Decision List No. 6602, United States Board on Geographic Names, 1966, p. 19.
  5. 1 2 Hunter Peak, National Park Service, Retrieved 2024-11-14.
  6. ↑ Thing to Do: Hunter Peak, National Park Service, Retrieved 2024-11-14.
  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.
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