{{Short description|Mountain in Texas, United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Tule Mountain | image = Tule Mountain, Texas.jpg | image_caption = North aspect | elevation_ft = 3825 | elevation_ref =<ref name=peakbagger>{{cite peakbagger|pid=4330|name=Tule Mountain, Texas|access-date=2024-11-12}}</ref> | prominence_ft = 848 | prominence_ref=<ref name=peakbagger/> | isolation_mi = 3.13 | isolation_ref =<ref name="listsofjohn">{{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/94260|title=Tule Mountain - 3,838' TX|website=listsofjohn.com|access-date=2024-11-12}}</ref> | parent_peak = Burro Mesa<ref name="listsofjohn"/> | etymology = Tule | 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 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 =<ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis|id=1348835|name=Tule Mountain|access-date=2024-11-12}}</ref> | 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.<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 live oak, piñon pine, juniper, and grasses.<ref name="TSHA">[https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/tule-mountain ''Tule Mountain''], Texas State Historical Association, Retrieved 2024-11-12.</ref> 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.<ref name="gnis"/>
==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.<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. 35, Retrieved 2024-11-12.</ref> thumb|center|400px|Tule Mountain
==See also== *List of mountain peaks of Texas *Geography of Texas
==References== {{reflist}} thumb|center|400px|East aspect of Tule Mountain viewed from Sotol Vista Overlook
==External links== * Tule Mountain: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5532605/United%20States/Texas/Brewster/Tule%20Mountain Weather]
{{Mountains of Texas}} {{Geographic Location 2 | Center = Tule Mountain | North = Maverick Mountain | Northeast = Maverick Drive | East = Burro Mesa | Southeast = Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive | South = Kit Mountain | Southwest = Rattlesnake Mountains | West = Alamo Creek | Northwest = Study Butte }} {{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