Lost Mine Peak
Lost Mine Peak rises to 2,262 m in Texas. Emory Peak stands 2,385 m to the southwest, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Crown Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Texas Mountain Trail passes 17 miles off.
The story
Lost Mine Peak is a 7,547-foot-elevation (2,300-meter) summit in Brewster County, Texas, United States.
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Wikidata Q31713624, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,262 m
How to reach it
- 17.0 mi off the Texas Mountain Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Crown Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Mount Huffman: 1.7 mi
- Casa Grande Peak: 1.9 mi
- Panther Peak: 1.9 mi
- Toll Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Boot Spring: 3.3 mi
- Window Springs: 4.3 mi
- Oak Spring: 4.8 mi
- Ward Spring: 6.0 mi
- Cedar Spring: 6.2 mi
- An old waterpump: 6.8 mi
- Dominguez Spring Ruins: 10.5 mi
- 689.4576: 18.3 mi
- Cotton Gin Machinery Exhibit: 18.3 mi
- Ruin: 18.7 mi
- Pulliam Bluff: 2.6 mi
- The Window: 4.4 mi
- Alto Relex: 14.7 mi
- Cuesta Carlota: 14.8 mi
- Balanced Rock: 9.1 mi
- Big Bend NP: 9.2 mi
- Fossil Bone Exhibit: 12.3 mi
- Starlingua Ranch: 20.7 mi
- Glenn Springs: 9.2 mi
- San Vicente: 16.6 mi
- Terlingua: 21.8 mi
- The Window Pour Off: 4.4 mi
- Cattrail Falls: 4.6 mi
- Big Bend National Park: 1.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Lost Mine Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emory Peak | SW 234° | 2,385 m | 3.5 mi |
| Townsend Point | SW 217° | 2,304 m | 3.2 mi |
| Toll Mountain | SW 233° | 2,255 m | 2.4 mi |
| Casa Grande Peak | WSW 254° | 2,165 m | 1.9 mi |
| Crown Mountain | S 185° | 2,132 m | 1.1 mi |
| Ward Mountain | WSW 255° | 2,100 m | 4.8 mi |
| Pulliam Peak | WNW 299° | 2,077 m | 2.5 mi |
| Vernon Bailey Peak | W 278° | 2,018 m | 3.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:58 | 19:34 | 20:05 |
| June solstice | 06:55 | 20:21 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:42 | 19:20 | 19:51 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 17:24 | 18:00 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 52 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 74 | 70 | 64 | 55 | 49 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chisos Basin, 3 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/356710480
Day trips start here
- Big Bend National Park · 2 mi
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