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September's Point of the Month:
El Capitan & Guadalupe Peaks, Texas

This is a view of the west side of El Capitan and Guadalupe Peak in Texas. The summits of the highest and third highest peaks in the state are not far from one another as you can see from the coordinates below, taken from the Texas GPS Companion. (Remember, a Minute of Latitude is 1.15 miles, and in this part of Texas, a Minute of Longitude is about a mile.) US highway 62/180 rises to an elevation of 5,300 feet on its route through Guadalupe pass.

Place Name	Latitude	Longitude	Type	Elevation
El Capitan	31 52 38N	104 51 27W	summit	8085
Guadalupe Pass	31 51 39N	104 49 16W	gap	N/A
Guadalupe Peak	31 53 28N	104 51 36W	highest	8749

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