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Guadalupe Mountains National Park - Quiz
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  • 1. What is the highest point in Texas?
A) Guadalupe Peak
B) Sacramento Peak
C) El Capitan
D) Brokeoff Mountain
  • 2. How high is Guadalupe Peak above sea level?
A) 7,500 feet (2,286 m)
B) 8,751 feet (2,667 m)
C) 9,000 feet (2,743 m)
D) 6,800 feet (2,073 m)
  • 3. Which mountain range lies southeast of the Guadalupe Mountains?
A) Carlsbad Caverns
B) Delaware Mountains
C) Sacramento Mountains
D) Brokeoff Mountains
  • 4. What type of climate does Guadalupe Mountains National Park have?
A) Tropical savanna
B) Cold semi-arid (BSk)
C) Humid subtropical
D) Mediterranean
  • 5. What is the plant hardiness zone on Guadalupe Peak?
A) 6a
B) 5c
C) 7b
D) 8a
  • 6. Which of these ecosystems is found in the park's canyon interiors?
A) Salt flats
B) Creosote bushes
C) Ponderosa pine
D) Bigtooth maple and velvet ash
  • 7. Which plant species is endemic to Guadalupe Mountains National Park?
A) Creosote bush
B) Guadalupe Mountains violet (Viola guadalupensis)
C) Ponderosa pine
D) Honey mesquite
  • 8. Which of these mammals is not found in the park?
A) Javelina
B) Mountain lion
C) Gray fox
D) Elk
  • 9. What type of caves are prominent in the Guadalupe Mountains?
A) Limestone sinkholes
B) Large cave systems like Carlsbad Caverns and Lechuguilla Cave
C) Volcanic caves
D) Ice caves
  • 10. Which bird is known for its speed in the park?
A) Chickadee
B) Peregrine falcon
C) Woodpecker
D) Hummingbird
  • 11. Which city is east of Guadalupe Mountains National Park?
A) El Paso, Texas
B) Dell City, Texas
C) Van Horn, Texas
D) Carlsbad, New Mexico
  • 12. What landmark did travelers use on the route followed by the Butterfield Overland Mail?
A) Pine Springs
B) Dog Canyon
C) El Capitan
D) Guadalupe Peak
  • 13. What is located near Pine Springs visitor center?
A) McKittrick Canyon trailhead
B) The ruins of a stagecoach station
C) Gypsum sand dunes
D) A restored Frijole Ranch
  • 14. What is the primary use for Dog Canyon?
A) Hiking to Guadalupe Peak
B) Visiting a stone cabin
C) Camping
D) Accessing Gypsum sand dunes
  • 15. Who donated the land that became part of McKittrick Canyon in the park?
A) The Rader brothers
B) Judge J.C. Hunter
C) Felix McKittrick
D) Wallace Pratt
  • 16. What is found at Frijole Ranch today?
A) A small museum of local history
B) A stagecoach station
C) A vacation home
D) A livestock corral
  • 17. Which trail leads to Smith Spring?
A) Dog Canyon trail
B) The trailhead at Frijole Ranch
C) Guadalupe Peak Trail
D) McKittrick Canyon trail
  • 18. What is the approximate size of Guadalupe Mountains National Park?
A) 134.9 square miles
B) 46,850 acres
C) 349.5 square kilometers
D) 86,367 acres
  • 19. What is the name of the wilderness area designated by Congress in 1978?
A) 46,850 acres of the park
B) Dog Canyon
C) McKittrick Canyon
D) The entire Guadalupe Mountains National Park
  • 20. What was Pinery Station used for in the 1850s?
A) As a livestock corral
B) As a vacation home
C) As a visitor center
D) For the Butterfield Overland Mail
  • 21. What is the significance of Wallace Pratt Lodge and House (Ship on the Sea)?
A) They are located in Dog Canyon
B) They are part of Frijole Ranch
C) They served as a stagecoach station
D) They were summer homes built by Wallace Pratt
  • 22. When was Guadalupe Mountains National Park formally opened to the public?
A) 1978
B) 1960
C) September 1972
D) 1858
  • 23. Which trail leads to a stone cabin built in the early 1930s?
A) Guadalupe Peak Trail
B) McKittrick Canyon trail
C) Dog Canyon trail
D) Gypsum sand dunes path
  • 24. What is the age of the Guadalupe Mountains as estimated by the International Commission on Stratigraphy?
A) 19th century
B) 10,000 years
C) 16th century
D) 272–260 Mya
  • 25. What type of vegetation did Mescalero Apaches harvest for food and fiber?
A) Agave (or mescal)
B) Gypsum
C) Pinyon pine
D) Douglas-fir
  • 26. Who were the first Europeans to arrive in the Guadalupe Mountains area?
A) Mescalero Apaches
B) Butterfield Overland Mail
C) American settlers
D) The Spanish
  • 27. What is located on the west side of the park near Dell City?
A) Gypsum sand dunes
B) Frijole Ranch
C) McKittrick Canyon
D) Guadalupe Peak
  • 28. What is the purpose of the public corral available by reservation?
A) For hiking
B) For picnicking
C) For livestock
D) For camping
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