- Elevation, modelled
- 1,369 m
- Tallest summit within 15.4 miles
- Emory Peak2,385 m · 2.8 mi
- Nearest byway
- Texas Mountain Trail12.8 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:56local time
- Coordinates
- 29.2800, -103.3291
Window Springs is a spring in Texas, at a modelled 1,369 m. Emory Peak stands 2,385 m to the south-southeast, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is The Window, a cliff 0.1 miles away. Texas Mountain Trail passes 13 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Window Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emory Peak | SSE 148° | 2,385 m | 2.8 mi |
| Townsend Point | SE 141° | 2,304 m | 3.7 mi |
| Lost Mine Peak | E 94° | 2,262 m | 4.3 mi |
| Toll Mountain | SE 127° | 2,255 m | 2.9 mi |
| Casa Grande Peak | ESE 108° | 2,165 m | 2.6 mi |
| Crown Mountain | ESE 108° | 2,132 m | 4.4 mi |
| Ward Mountain | SSW 193° | 2,100 m | 1.6 mi |
| Pulliam Peak | ENE 66° | 2,077 m | 2.3 mi |
- 12.8 mi off the Texas Mountain Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Carter Peak: 0.2 mi
- Vernon Bailey Peak: 0.6 mi
- Blacktail Peak: 1.5 mi
- Ward Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Pulliam Peak: 2.3 mi
- An old waterpump: 2.5 mi
- Dominguez Spring Ruins: 10.4 mi
- Dominguez Spring Ruins: 10.4 mi
- Cotton Gin Machinery Exhibit: 15.1 mi
- Ruins: 15.6 mi
- Oak Spring: 0.5 mi
- Ward Spring: 2.8 mi
- Boot Spring: 3.3 mi
- Cedar Spring: 4.0 mi
- Mule Ears Spring: 9.4 mi
- The Window: 0.1 mi
- Pulliam Bluff: 2.9 mi
- Alto Relex: 18.7 mi
- Cuesta Carlota: 19.1 mi
- Red Bluff: 23.6 mi
- Balanced Rock: 11.2 mi
- Big Bend NP: 11.4 mi
- Fossil Bone Exhibit: 15.0 mi
- Starlingua Ranch: 18.7 mi
- Glenn Springs: 12.6 mi
- Terlingua: 17.5 mi
- San Vicente: 20.6 mi
- The Window Pour Off: 0.1 mi
- Cattrail Falls: 0.6 mi
- Big Bend National Park: 5.2 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:58 | 19:34 | 20:05 |
| June solstice | 06:55 | 20:22 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:42 | 19:20 | 19:51 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 17:24 | 18:00 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
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, 2 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).
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapDay trips start here
- Big Bend National Park · 5 mi
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