Guadalupe Mountains National Park

Guadalupe Mountains National Park Synopsis

Excerpt from Guadalupe Mountains National Park: An Administrative History

Guadalupe Mountains National Park, authorized by an act of Congress in 1966 and established in 1972, comprises acres of mountain and desert land in West Texas. Congress established the park for its scientific and scenic values. The park consists primarily of the highest and southernmost portion of the Guadalupe Mountains, a range that extends northeasterly into New Mexico. The escarpments and canyons of the high country provide dramatic displays of geological sequences and contain relict and unusual plant communities. Of the area within the park's boundaries, acres are Congressionally designated wilderness. This designation precluded extensive development within the park and has limited the uses of much of the park to hiking, horseback riding, backpacking, and approved scientific research.

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