Mule Ear Peaks
.jpg?width=480)
.jpg?width=480)
Mule Ear Peaks rises to 1,044 m in Texas. Emory Peak stands 2,385 m to the northeast, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Mule Ears Spring, a spring 1.2 miles away. Texas Mountain Trail passes 15 miles off.
The story
Mule Ear Peaks are two summits in Brewster County, Texas, United States.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q31714003, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,044 m
How to reach it
- 15.0 mi off the Texas Mountain Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Trap Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Goat Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Triangulation Station Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Kit Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Carousel Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Mule Ears Spring: 1.2 mi
- Dominguez Spring: 5.6 mi
- Cedar Spring: 6.5 mi
- Ward Spring: 7.5 mi
- Boot Spring: 9.1 mi
- Dominguez Spring Ruins: 5.7 mi
- 689.4576: 5.9 mi
- Cotton Gin Machinery Exhibit: 6.9 mi
- Ruin: 8.2 mi
- An old waterpump: 9.4 mi
- Big Bend NP: 11.1 mi
- Balanced Rock: 21.2 mi
- Fossil Bone Exhibit: 24.7 mi
- Glenn Springs: 14.9 mi
- Terlingua: 17.7 mi
- San Vicente: 23.0 mi
- Cattrail Falls: 9.7 mi
- The Window Pour Off: 10.2 mi
- The Window: 10.3 mi
- Pulliam Bluff: 12.7 mi
- Big Bend National Park: 11.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Mule Ear Peaks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emory Peak | NE 40° | 2,385 m | 9.0 mi |
| Townsend Point | NE 47° | 2,304 m | 9.2 mi |
| Lost Mine Peak | NE 44° | 2,262 m | 12.4 mi |
| Toll Mountain | NE 42° | 2,255 m | 10.0 mi |
| Casa Grande Peak | NE 39° | 2,165 m | 10.9 mi |
| Crown Mountain | NE 47° | 2,132 m | 11.6 mi |
| Ward Mountain | NNE 28° | 2,100 m | 8.6 mi |
| Pulliam Peak | NNE 32° | 2,077 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:58 | 19:34 | 20:05 |
| June solstice | 06:56 | 20:22 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:43 | 19:20 | 19:52 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 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, 7 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/356741262
Day trips start here
- Big Bend National Park · 12 mi
Take the scenic way to Mule Ear Peaks.
Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.