Tule Mountain

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Tule Mountain

| photo = Tule Mountain, Texas.jpg

| photo_caption = North aspect

| elevation_ft = 3825

| elevation_ref ={{cite peakbagger|pid=4330|name=Tule Mountain, Texas|access-date=2024-11-12}}

| prominence_ft = 848

| prominence_ref=

| isolation_mi = 3.13

| isolation_ref ={{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/94260|title=Tule Mountain - 3,838' TX|website=listsofjohn.com|access-date=2024-11-12}}

| parent_peak = Burro Mesa

| etymology = Tule

| range = Chisos Mountains

| country = United States

| state = Texas

| region = Brewster

| region_type = County

| part_type = Protected area | part = Big Bend National Park

| map = Texas#USA

| map_caption = Location of Tule Mountain in Texas

| label_position = top

| coordinates = {{coord|29.2645765|N|103.4770650|W|type:mountain_region:US-TX_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref ={{cite gnis|id=1348835|name=Tule Mountain|access-date=2024-11-12}}

| topo = USGS Tule Mountain

| age = Eocene

| rock = Igneous rock

| first_ascent =

| easiest_route =

}}

Tule Mountain is a {{convert|3825|ft|meter|adj=mid|-elevation|abbr=off|sp=us}} summit in Brewster County, Texas, United States.

Description

Tule Mountain is part of the Chisos Mountains where it is set in Big Bend National Park and the Chihuahuan Desert. Based on the Köppen climate classification, the mountain is located in a hot arid climate zone with hot summers and mild winters.{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 | issn = 1027-5606}} This climate supports plants on the slopes such as live oak, piñon pine, juniper, and grasses.[https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/tule-mountain Tule Mountain], Texas State Historical Association, Retrieved 2024-11-12. Any scant precipitation runoff from the peak's slopes drains into Alamo Creek which is tributary of the Rio Grande. Topographic relief is modest as the summit rises {{convert|1200.|ft|m}} above Alamo Creek in 1.5 mile (2.4 km). The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.

Geology

The mountain is composed of volcanic rock which formed 33–42 million years ago during the late Eocene Epoch. The volcanic rocks exposed at Tule Mountain in stratigraphic order are Chisos tuffs, Ash Spring Basalt, Chisos tuffs and conglomerates, Mule Ear Spring Tuff, and Tule Mountain Trachyandesite at the top which is dated at 33 Ma.[https://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1327/pdf/Circular_1327.pdf Gray, J.E., Geological, Geochemical, and Geophysical Studies by the U.S. Geological Survey in Big Bend National Park, Texas], U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1327, p. 35, Retrieved 2024-11-12.

File:Tule Mountain geology.jpg