It protects the highest peak in Texas and the fossilised remains of one of the greatest Permian fossil coral reefs in the world
Area
349 km²
Declared in
1972
Region
Texas (USA)
Climate
Tropical, Árido / desértico, Templado, Mediterráneo, Polar / frío
Best time
It depends on the region
Highlight
It protects the highest peak in Texas and the fossilised remains of one of the greatest Permian fossil coral reefs in the world
Declared in 1972, it protects Guadalupe Peak (2,667 m), the highest point in Texas, and the Capitan Reef, one of the finest exposed examples in the world of a Permian fossil coral reef, formed some 260 million years ago when the region lay submerged beneath an ancient tropical sea, long before the dinosaurs appeared.
Location
See on the interactive map55 species documented in Guadalupe Mountains
Least ConcernPuma
Puma concolor
Least ConcernÁguila real
Aquila chrysaetos
Ciervo mulo
Odocoileus hemionus
Correcaminos norteño
Geococcyx californianus
Least ConcernHalcón peregrino
Falco peregrinus
Lagarto cornudo tejano
Phrynosoma cornutum
Least ConcernOso negro americano
Ursus americanus
Least ConcernPecarí de collar
Pecari tajacu
Least ConcernZorro gris
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Añapero yanqui
Chordeiles minor
Araña reclusa parda
Loxosceles reclusa
Aura gallipavo
Cathartes aura
Flora and ecosystems
Ecosystems found in United States, where Guadalupe Mountains lies.
Experiences in this park
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Least ConcernBrown Bear
Ursus arctos
Ahora es buena época: Osos pardos pescando salmón en Brooks Falls (Junio a septiembre (pico en julio))
Least ConcernSockeye Salmon
Oncorhynchus nerka
Ahora es buena época: Osos pardos pescando salmón en Brooks Falls (Junio a septiembre (pico en julio))
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