Top of Texas, Guadalupe Peak
The "Top of Texas." Guadalupe Peak, 8751 feet above sea level, rises impressively more than 3,000 feet above the Chihuahuan Desert plain at the southern end of the Guadalupe Mountain range. It's connecting neighbor, El Capitan, an iconic landmark of the West, while dominating the landscape, actually stands about 700 feet BELOW the Guadalupe Peak summit.
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Guadalupe Peak, TX
Looking due south over El Capitan and the Chihuahuan desert, 3000 feet below. Extending nearly 1000 miles south through Texas and Mexico, this is the largest desert in North America and the 10th largest in the world.
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