{{Short description|Mountain in Texas, United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Kit Mountain | image = Kit Mountain.jpg | image_caption = East-northeast aspect | elevation_ft = 3822 | elevation_ref =<ref name=peakbagger>{{cite peakbagger|pid=72716|name=Kit Mountain, Texas|access-date=2024-11-21}}</ref><ref name="gnis"/> | prominence_ft = 746 | prominence_ref=<ref name=peakbagger/> | isolation_mi = 2.49 | isolation_ref =<ref name="listsofjohn">{{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/94266|title=Kit Mountain - 3,825' TX|website=listsofjohn.com|access-date=2024-11-21}}</ref> | parent_peak = | etymology = Kit fox | range = Chisos Mountains<ref name=peakbagger/> | country = United States | state = Texas | region = Brewster | region_type = County | part_type = Protected&nbsp;area | part = Big Bend National Park<ref name=peakbagger/> | map = USA Texas#USA | map_caption = Location of Kit Mountain in Texas | label_position = top | coordinates = {{coord|29.2037169|N|103.4506028|W|type:mountain_region:US-TX_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref =<ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis|id=1360704|name=Kit Mountain|access-date=2024-11-21}}</ref> | topo = USGS ''Cerro Castellan'' | age = Oligocene | rock = Igneous rock (tuff) | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }}

'''Kit Mountain''' is a {{convert|3822|ft|meter|adj=mid|-elevation|abbr=off|sp=us}} summit in Brewster County, Texas, United States.

==Description== Kit Mountain is part of the Chisos Mountains where it is set in the Chihuahuan Desert and Big Bend National Park. The mountain is composed chiefly of Burro Mesa Formation tuff (volcanic rock) overlaying Chisos Formation which formed 29 million years ago during the Oligocene period.<ref name="usgs">[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. 9, Retrieved 2024-11-21.</ref> Based on the Köppen climate classification, the mountain is located in a hot arid climate zone with hot summers and mild winters.<ref name=KGcc2007>{{Cite Köppen-Geiger cc 2007}}</ref> This climate supports plants on the slopes such as live oak, juniper, piñon pine, and grasses.<ref name=TSHA>[https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/kit-mountain ''Kit Mountain''], Texas State Historical Association, Retrieved 2024-11-21.</ref> Any scant precipitation runoff from the peak's slopes drains to the Rio Grande which is seven miles to the southwest. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises {{convert|900.|ft|m}} above the surrounding terrain in one-half mile (0.8&nbsp;km). The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names,<ref name="gnis"/> and has been listed in publications since at least 1912.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=giB0xxDIM-8C&pg=RA3-PA316&dq=Kit+Mountain+texas&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiX4pqy1O6JAxUVIUQIHXm3O8AQuwV6BAgMEAY#v=onepage&q=Kit%20Mountain%20texas&f=false ''Bulletin of the University of Texas, Number 246,''], William B. Phillips, September 8, 1912, p. 316.</ref> The kit fox is a rarely seen nocturnal desert mammal in Big Bend National Park.<ref>[https://www.nps.gov/bibe/learn/nature/animals.htm ''Animals - Big Bend National Park''], National Park Service, Retrieved 2024-11-21.</ref>

==See also== *List of mountain peaks of Texas *Geography of Texas

==References== {{reflist}} thumb|center|400px|Kit Mountain viewed from Sotol Vista Overlook

==External links== * Kit Mountain: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5524602/United%20States/Texas/Brewster/Kit%20Mountain Weather]

{{Mountains of Texas}} {{Geographic Location 2 | Center = Kit Mountain | North = Burro Mesa | Northeast = Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive | East = Goat Mountain | Southeast = Trap Mountain | South = Blue Creek | Southwest = Bee Mountain | West = Black Mesa | Northwest = The Chimneys }} {{Portal bar|Mountains|Geology|Geography|Texas}}

Category:Mountains of Texas Category:One-thousanders of the United States Category:Landforms of Brewster County, Texas Category:Big Bend National Park Category:Chihuahuan Desert