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Guadalupe Peak
- Easiest route
- 6.6 km+912 m · about 3 h
- Prominence
- 923 m3,029 ft
- Tonight
- 51°FRain showers and thunder · Wind 5–20 mph E
Guadalupe Peak is a 2,667 m (8,750 ft) mountain in the Guadalupe Mountains, Texas, United States.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,667 m · 8,750 ft
- Range
- Guadalupe Mountains
- Region
- Texas, United States
- Protected area
- Guadalupe Mountains National Park
- Spanish name
- Pico Guadalupe
- Coordinates
- 31.8915° N, 104.8607° W
How to get to the top of Guadalupe Peak
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Pine Springs Trailhead (trailhead)
- Distance
- 6.6 kmone way
- Climb
- +912 m−34 m (2,992 ft up)
- Time up
- about 3 h
- Difficulty
- Grade not mapped
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Guadalupe Peak 3D map
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Guadalupe Peak terrain and contours
50 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Pine Springs Trailhead. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Guadalupe Peak weather
Tonight · Rain showers and thunder · 51°F (11°C) · 48% chance of precipitation · Wind 5–20 mph E
Guadalupe Peak forecast for the summit, about 2,418 m.
- Tonight51°48%5–20 mph E
- Sat49°57°84%10–15 mph E
- Sun47°53°77%15–20 mph E
- Mon45°51°77%15–20 mph SE
- Tue45°53°18%0–5 mph SE
- Wed47°56°20%0–5 mph S
- Thu45°54°52%0–5 mph S
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:07 UTC.
Camping & parking near Guadalupe Peak
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Guadalupe Peak, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Guadalupe Peak Campground
Nearest trailhead
Williams Ranch Trailhead
Nearest parking
Pine Springs Visitor Center Parking Lot
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Guadalupe Peak CampgroundCampsite | 0.9 km ENE |
| Shumard Canyon Backcountry CampgroundCampsite | 2.3 km W |
| Williams Ranch TrailheadTrailhead | 2.5 km WSW |
| Pine Springs TrailheadTrailhead | 3.1 km E |
| Parking | 3.1 km E |
| Pine Springs CampgroundCampsite | 3.2 km E |
| Pine Springs Visitor Center Parking LotParking | 3.6 km E |
| Pinery Parking LotParking | 4.1 km E |
| Frijole Ranch TrailheadTrailhead | 5.9 km ENE |
How steep is the route to Guadalupe Peak?
The easiest mapped route, 6.6 km from 1,781 m to 2,667 m. Steepest stretch: 21°.
- 0–15°6.5 km
- 15–30°0.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 70 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 3.8 km, measured from the Guadalupe Peak summit.
Summit list 4
- 1El Capitan2,458 m 1.6 km S
- 2Shumard Peak2,621 m 2.2 km NW
- 3Bartlett Peak2,590 m 3.6 km NW
- 4Hunter Peak2,517 m 3.8 km NE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.8 km; 796 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Texas madrone502
- Mat rock spiraea209
- Parry's agave207
- Apache plume175
- Southwestern Fence Lizard161
- Alligator juniper157
Where Guadalupe Peak sits
- Range
- Basin and Range Province6
- Region
- Texas38United States932North America1,313
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Balmorhea Lake↑149 km SE
Lake Lucero1,186 m↑174 km WNW
Bonito Lake↑193 km NNW
Lake Boehmer↑215 km ESE
Caballo Lake↑257 km WNW
More in the Basin and Range Province 6
Guadalupe Peak downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,666 m at the summit; the official height is 2,667 m.
A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal. The 90 m model misses by 40 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,667 m | — |
| USGS 3DEP lidar | 2,667 m | 0 m |
| USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page) | 2,666 m | -1 m |
| Copernicus GLO-30 | 2,647 m | -20 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 2,627 m | -40 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-05)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia