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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
2262 m

How to reach it

Coordinates29.27576, -103.25823

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • 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
Historic sites: 30
  • An old waterpump: 6.8 mi
  • Dominguez Spring Ruins: 10.5 mi
  • Dominguez Spring Ruins: 10.5 mi
  • Ruins: 18.3 mi
  • 689.4576: 18.3 mi
Springs: 13
  • 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
Cliffs: 4
Attractions: 4
  • Balanced Rock: 9.1 mi
  • Big Bend NP: 9.2 mi
  • Fossil Bone Exhibit: 12.3 mi
  • Starlingua Ranch: 20.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • The Window Pour Off: 4.4 mi
  • Cattrail Falls: 4.6 mi
Parks: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Emory PeakSW 234°2,385 m3.5 mi
Townsend PointSW 217°2,304 m3.2 mi
Toll MountainSW 233°2,255 m2.4 mi
Casa Grande PeakWSW 254°2,165 m1.9 mi
Crown MountainS 185°2,132 m1.1 mi
Ward MountainWSW 255°2,100 m4.8 mi
Pulliam PeakWNW 299°2,077 m2.5 mi
Vernon Bailey PeakW 278°2,018 m3.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5819:3420:05
June solstice06:5520:2120:56
September equinox07:4219:2019:51
December solstice07:4417:2418:00

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485257647276757470645549
Precip in0.60.60.50.61.62.73.63.12.71.30.60.5

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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356710480

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