• The Texas madrone provides visitors with green foliage 12 months out of the year.

    Guadalupe Mountains

    National Park Texas

  • Area Closure

    Due to a fire on the Western Escarpment, the following trails are closed until further notice: El Capitan, Salt Basin Overlook, Guadalupe Peak, and Devils Hall.

High County Scenery

Did You Know?

Desert coyotes are fairly common in the park

Desert coyotes feed on delicacies such as crickets, quail, cactus fruits, rodents, and carrion. Weighing half as much as coyotes elsewhere, they have shorter, thinner, and paler fur which not only blends with the barren landscape, but also helps dissipate heat.