Mount Huffman (Texas)

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Mount Huffman
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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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Mount Huffman
Location of Mount Huffman in Texas
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Mount Huffman
Mount Huffman (the United States)
CountryUnited 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.

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Huffman, Texas". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  2. 1 2 3 "Huffman, Mount - 6,380' TX". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  3. 1 2 "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.