Mountains of Texas

Below you will find of compiled list of Texas mountains over a mile (5,280 feet) high.

The following list of named peaks over 8,000 feet in Texas comes from the Texas Almanac:

• Guadalupe Peak 8,749
• Bush Mountain 8,631
• Shumard Peak 8,615
• Bartlett Peak 8,508
• Mount Livermore 8,378
• Hunter Peak 8,368
• El Capitan 8,085

The Handbook of Texas Online lists the following additional peaks in its article on mountains:

• Blue Mountain 7,835
• Emory Peak 7,825
• Lost Mine Peak 7,550
• Sawtooth Mountain 7,748
• Mount Locke 6,781

Other mountains that are marked on the Texas map in the Rand McNally Road Atlas include:

• Chinati Peak 7,730
• San Antonio Mountain 7,031
• Sierra Blanca 6,894
• Cathedral Mountain 6,860
• Mount Ord 6,814
• Goat Mountain 6,725
• Cerro Alto Mountain 6,717
• Newman Peak 6,650
• Cienega Mountain 6,580
• Santiago Peak 6,521
• Victoria Peak 6,432
• Gomez Peak 6,398
• Star Mountain 6,350
• Old Blue Mountain 6,286
• Elephant Mountain 6,230
• Capote Peak 6,185
• Casket Mountain 6,180
• Cathedral Mountain 6,122
• Mitre 6,100
• Major Peak 5,882
• Leonard Mountain 5,860
• Sue Peaks 5,857
• Borachio Peak 5,661
• Ranger Peak 5,653
• Dome Peak 5,360

You can also use the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System to locate summits and other feature classes based on their elevation and other search criteria.

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