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Mountains of Texas


Below you will find of compiled list of Texas mountains over a mile (5,280 feet) high.

The following list of named peaks over 8,000 feet in Texas comes from the Texas Almanac:

  • Guadalupe Peak 8,749
  • Bush Mountain 8,631
  • Shumard Peak 8,615
  • Bartlett Peak 8,508
  • Mount Livermore 8,378
  • Hunter Peak 8,368
  • El Capitan 8,085

The  Handbook of Texas Online lists the following additional peaks in its article on mountains:

  • Blue Mountain 7,835
  • Emory Peak 7,825
  • Lost Mine Peak 7,550
  • Sawtooth Mountain 7,748
  • Mount Locke 6,781

Other mountains that are marked on the Texas map in the Rand McNally Road Atlas include:

  • Chinati Peak 7,730
  • San Antonio Mountain 7,031
  • Sierra Blanca 6,894
  • Cathedral Mountain 6,860
  • Mount Ord 6,814
  • Goat Mountain 6,725
  • Cerro Alto Mountain 6,717
  • Newman Peak 6,650
  • Cienega Mountain 6,580
  • Santiago Peak 6,521
  • Victoria Peak 6,432
  • Gomez Peak 6,398
  • Star Mountain 6,350
  • Old Blue Mountain 6,286
  • Elephant Mountain 6,230
  • Capote Peak 6,185
  • Casket Mountain 6,180
  • Cathedral Mountain 6,122
  • Mitre 6,100
  • Major Peak 5,882
  • Leonard Mountain 5,860
  • Sue Peaks 5,857
  • Borachio Peak 5,661
  • Ranger Peak 5,653
  • Dome Peak 5,360

You can also use the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System to locate summits and other feature classes based on their elevation and other search criteria.



Page last modified: April 11, 2015