Cerro Castellan
Cerro Castellan rises to 998 m in Texas. Emory Peak stands 2,385 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Cotton Gin Machinery Exhibit, a historic site 1.3 miles away. Texas Mountain Trail passes 13 miles off.
The story
Cerro Castellan is a 3,294-foot-elevation (1,004-meter) summit in Brewster County, Texas, United States.
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Wikidata Q31540779, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 998 m
How to reach it
- 12.8 mi off the Texas Mountain Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Bee Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Trap Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Black Mesa: 4.6 mi
- Kit Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Triangulation Station Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Mule Ears Spring: 5.5 mi
- Cedar Spring: 10.9 mi
- Ward Spring: 11.2 mi
- Dominguez Spring: 11.3 mi
- Joe Black Spring: 13.1 mi
- Cotton Gin Machinery Exhibit: 1.3 mi
- Ruin: 2.4 mi
- 689.4576: 3.3 mi
- Dorgan house ruin: 4.8 mi
- Sublett house ruin: 4.8 mi
- Cattrail Falls: 13.2 mi
- The Window Pour Off: 13.8 mi
- The Window: 13.8 mi
- Pulliam Bluff: 16.6 mi
- Terlingua: 14.2 mi
- Glenn Springs: 20.7 mi
- Big Bend NP: 16.9 mi
- Balanced Rock: 25.0 mi
- Big Bend National Park: 16.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Cerro Castellan. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emory Peak | ENE 59° | 2,385 m | 13.5 mi |
| Townsend Point | ENE 63° | 2,304 m | 14.0 mi |
| Lost Mine Peak | ENE 58° | 2,262 m | 17.0 mi |
| Toll Mountain | ENE 59° | 2,255 m | 14.6 mi |
| Casa Grande Peak | NE 56° | 2,165 m | 15.2 mi |
| Crown Mountain | ENE 61° | 2,132 m | 16.4 mi |
| Ward Mountain | NE 51° | 2,100 m | 12.5 mi |
| Pulliam Peak | NE 50° | 2,077 m | 16.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:59 | 19:35 | 20:06 |
| June solstice | 06:56 | 20:22 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:43 | 19:21 | 19:52 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 17:25 | 18:01 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 59 | 66 | 75 | 83 | 89 | 89 | 89 | 83 | 74 | 62 | 53 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Castolon, 1 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Big Bend National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Aug and Jul; busiest: Mar.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356751495
Day trips start here
- Big Bend National Park · 17 mi
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