{{Short description|Mountain in Texas, United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Trap Mountain | image = Small mountain in Big Bend.JPG | image_caption = Southwest aspect | elevation_ft = 4122 | elevation_ref =<ref name=peakbagger>{{cite peakbagger|pid=55232|name=Trap Mountain, Texas|access-date=2024-11-09}}</ref> | prominence_ft = 1102 | prominence_ref=<ref name=peakbagger/> | isolation_mi = 1.70 | isolation_ref =<ref name="listsofjohn">{{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/94132|title=Trap Mountain - 4,125' TX|website=listsofjohn.com|access-date=2024-11-09}}</ref> | parent_peak = Goat Mountain<ref name="listsofjohn"/> | etymology = Trap rock | range = Chisos Mountains<ref name=peakbagger/> | country = United States | state = Texas | region = Brewster | region_type = County | part_type = Protected area | part = Big Bend National Park<ref name=peakbagger/> | map = Texas#USA | map_caption = Location of Trap Mountain in Texas | label_position = top | coordinates = {{coord|29.1720104|N|103.4277368|W|type:mountain_region:US-TX_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref =<ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis|id=1370074|name=Trap Mountain|access-date=2024-11-09}}</ref> | topo = USGS ''Cerro Castellan'' | age = Oligocene | rock = Igneous rock (Rhyolite) | first_ascent = | easiest_route = {{YDS|2+}}<ref name="listsofjohn"/> }}
'''Trap Mountain''' is a {{convert|4122|ft|meter|adj=mid|-elevation|abbr=off|sp=us}} summit in Brewster County, Texas, United States.
==Description== Trap 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 Rhyolite (volcanic rock) which formed 29 million years ago during the Oligocene period.<ref>[https://prism-redfern.org/bbvirtualtrip/muleears/muleears.html ''Mountaineers, Meet Mountain Ears: Mule Ear Trail''], Francis Redfern, Retrieved 2024-11-09.</ref><ref>''Geology of the Big Bend Area and Solitario Dome, Texas'', West Texas Geological Society, 1986, p. 124.</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=Peel>{{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 |issue=5 |page=1633 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P | issn = 1027-5606}}</ref> This climate supports plants on the slopes such as creosote bush, ocotillo, lechuguilla and yucca.<ref name=TSHA/> Any scant precipitation runoff from the peak's slopes drains to the Rio Grande which is six miles to the southwest. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises {{convert|1300.|ft|m}} above Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive in one-half mile (0.8 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 1914.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=giB0xxDIM-8C&pg=RA3-PA320&dq=Trap+Mountain+chisos&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiuyIrDytCJAxWCHTQIHV6WNmwQuwV6BAgKEAY#v=onepage&q=Trap%20Mountain%20chisos&f=false ''The Mineral Resources of Texas''], William B. Phillips, Bulletin of the University of Texas, Number 365, October 15, 1914, p. 320.</ref> The mountain's name refers to trap rock,<ref name=TSHA>[https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/trap-mountain ''Trap Mountain''], Texas State Historical Association, Retrieved 2024-11-09.</ref> which is any dark-colored, fine-grained, non-granitic intrusive or extrusive igneous rock. There are several large areas of dark rock on the west slope of the mountain visible from the Mule Ears Overlook below Trap Mountain. ==See also== *List of mountain peaks of Texas *Geography of Texas
==Gallery== <div style="max-width: 490px;"> <gallery mode=slideshow> File:Trap Mountain TX.jpg|West-southwest aspect File:Scenery in Big Bend National Park in the "Trans-Pecos" region of Texas LCCN2014631101.tif|Southwest aspect File:Scenery in Big Bend National Park, Texas LCCN2014631127.tif|Southwest aspect viewed from Mule Ears Overlook File:Trap and Goat.jpg|South aspect of Trap Mountain (left) and Goat Mountain (right) File:Trap Mountain, Chisos.jpg|West aspect of Trap Mountain centered. (Goat Mountain to left) File:Trap Mountain close up.jpg|Summit detail, southwest aspect </gallery> </div>
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==External links== * Trap Mountain: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5532482/United%20States/Texas/Brewster/Trap%20Mountain Weather]
{{Mountains of Texas}} {{Geographic Location 2 | Center = Trap Mountain | North = Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive | Northeast = Goat Mountain | East = | Southeast = Mule Ear Peaks | South = Rio Grande | Southwest = Mule Ears Overlook | West = Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive | Northwest = Kit Mountain }} {{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