Mount Huffman (Texas)

Mount Huffman
Northeast aspect
Highest point
Elevation	6,373 ft (1,942 m) [1]
Prominence	424 ft (129 m) [1]
Isolation	0.50 mi (0.80 km) [2]
Coordinates	29°16′51″N103°17′21″W / 29.2808862°N 103.2892633°W / 29.2808862; -103.2892633 [3]
Naming
Etymology	Calvin C. Huffman
Geography
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Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Brewster
Protected area	Big Bend National Park [1]
Parent range	Chisos Mountains [1]
Topo map	USGS The Basin
Geology
Rock age	Oligocene
Rock type	Intrusive rock
Climbing
Easiest route	class 2 [2]

Mount Huffman is a 6,373-foot-elevation (1,942-meter) summit in Brewster County, Texas, United States.

Description

Mount Huffman is located in the Chisos Mountains and it ranks as the 16th-highest peak in Big Bend National Park. ^[2] The mountain is composed of intrusive rock which formed during the Oligocene period. ^[4] Topographic relief is modest as the summit rises 1,375 feet (419 m) above The Basin in 0.75 miles (1.21 km). Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Huffman is located in a hot arid climate zone with hot summers and mild winters. ^[5] Any scant precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains southwest into Oak Creek and northeast into Green Gulch which are both part of the Rio Grande watershed. The lower slopes of the peak are covered by juniper, oak, and piñon. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1994 by the United States Board on Geographic Names to remember Calvin C. Huffman (1907–1980), legislator from Texas who, in 1941, introduced a bill to provide funds for acquisition of land to create Big Bend National Park. ^[3]

See also

• List of mountain peaks of Texas
• Geography of Texas

Gallery

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  Northeast aspect
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  Northeast aspect
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  Southwest aspect of Mount Huffman and Chisos Mountain Lodge
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  Mount Huffman centered, Casa Grande Peak (left)
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  Northeast aspect with dusting of snow

References

1. "Mount Huffman, Texas". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
2. "Huffman, Mount - 6,380' TX". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
3. "Mount Huffman". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2024-11-02.
4. Geologic Map of the Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park, Texas, Robert G. Bohannon, 2011, U.S. Geological Survey.
5. 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

• Mount Huffman: Weather forecast