Vernon Bailey Peak

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Vernon Bailey Peak

| photo = Vernon Bailey Peak.jpg

| photo_caption = East aspect

| elevation_ft = 6672

| elevation_ref ={{cite peakbagger|pid=4327|name=Vernon Bailey Peak, Texas|access-date=2024-11-04}}

| prominence_ft = 597

| prominence_ref=

| isolation_mi = 1.71

| isolation_ref ={{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/92956|title=Vernon Bailey Peak - 6,670' TX|website=listsofjohn.com|access-date=2024-11-04}}

| etymology = Vernon Orlando Bailey

| 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 Vernon Bailey Peak in Texas

| label_position = top

| coordinates = {{coord|29.2833196|N|103.3210891|W|type:mountain_region:US-AK_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref ={{cite gnis|id=1377819|name=Vernon Bailey Peak|access-date=2024-11-04}}

| topo = USGS The Basin

| first_ascent =

| age = Oligocene

| rock = Intrusive rock

| type =

| easiest_route = {{YDS|3}}

}}

Vernon Bailey Peak is a {{convert|6672|ft|meter|adj=mid|-elevation|abbr=off|sp=us}} summit in Brewster County, Texas, United States.

Description

Vernon Bailey Peak is located in the Chisos Mountains. It ranks as the 12th-highest peak in Big Bend National Park and 77th-highest in Texas. The mountain is composed of intrusive rock which formed during the Oligocene period.[https://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3140/ Geologic Map of the Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park, Texas], Robert G. Bohannon, 2011, U.S. Geological Survey. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2,070 feet (631 m) above Oak Canyon in {{convert|0.5|mi|km}}. Based on the Köppen climate classification, Vernon Bailey Peak 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}} Any scant precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains into Oak Creek which is part of the Rio Grande watershed. The lower slopes of the peak are covered by juniper, oak, and piñon. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1945 by the United States Board on Geographic Names to remember Vernon Orlando Bailey (1864–1942), American naturalist who specialized in mammalogy and is best known for his biological surveys of Texas, New Mexico, North Dakota, and Oregon.Ronnie C. Tyler, The Big Bend: A History of the Last Texas Frontier, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1975, p. 18.

Gallery

File:Vernon Bailey Peak west.jpg|West aspect

File:Vernon Bailey Peak from east.jpg|East aspect

File:Vernon Bailey Peak, BBNP.jpg|East aspect

File:Chisos Mountains - Vernon Bailey Peak.jpg|Chisos Mountains, road pointed toward northwest aspect of Vernon Bailey Peak

File:Big Bend National Park, Texas 223.JPG

File:Vernon Bailey Peak, with Emory Peak.jpg|Aerial view of north aspect of Vernon Bailey Peak in 1937.
Emory Peak at the top of frame in the distance.