• 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.

Video Profiles

Salt Basin Dunes

Salt Basin Dunes

Experience the shifting sands and solitude of the second largest white-sand gypsum dune field in the American southwest; where the sun is your only host...

 

Pratt Cabin

Found deep in the heart of McKittrick Canyon, Wallace Pratt's stone cabin provided an early retreat for the father of Guadalupe Mountains National Park.

 

Frijole Ranch

Travel back to the early days of ranching in the Guadalupe Mountains at one of the oldest surviving homesteads in west Texas.

 
 
 
 
 

Did You Know?

Texas Horned Lizard

Guadalupe Mountains National Park is home to 3 species of horned lizards - the Mountain Short-horned Lizard, the Roundtail Horned Lizard, and the Texas Horned Lizard.