Toll Mountain is a 7,409-foot-elevation (2,258-meter) summit in Brewster County, Texas, United States.
| Toll Mountain | |
|---|---|
 Northeast aspect | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 7,409 ft (2,258 m)[1] |
| Prominence | 419 ft (128 m)[1] |
| Parent peak | Emory Peak (7,825 ft)[2] |
| Isolation | 1.04 mi (1.67 km)[2] |
| Coordinates | 29°15′16″N 103°17′27″W / 29.2544884°N 103.2908816°W[3] |
| Naming | |
| Etymology | Roger W. Toll |
| Geography | |
  Toll Mountain Location of Toll Mountain in Texas  Toll Mountain Toll Mountain (the United States) | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Brewster |
| Protected area | Big Bend National Park[1] |
| Parent range | Chisos Mountains[1] |
| Topo map | USGS The Basin |
| Geology | |
| Rock age | Oligocene |
| Rock type | Extrusive volcanic rock |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | class 2[2] |
Description
editToll Mountain is located in the Chisos Mountains. It ranks as the fourth-highest peak in Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, and the Chisos Mountains, but only the 25th-highest in Texas.[1][2] The mountain is composed of extrusive volcanic rock which formed during the Oligocene period.[4] Based on the Köppen climate classification, Toll Mountain is located in a hot arid climate zone with hot summers and mild winters.[5] Any scant precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains into Oak Creek, Blue Creek, and Juniper Draw which are all part of the Rio Grande watershed. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2,600 feet (792 m) above Juniper Canyon in one mile (1.6 km). The lower slopes of the peak are covered by juniper, oak, and piñon. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1948 by the United States Board on Geographic Names to remember Roger W. Toll (1883–1936), American mountaineer, writer, and a National Park Service official who served as the superintendent of Mount Rainier, Rocky Mountain, and Yellowstone National Parks, and was instrumental in establishing Big Bend National Park.[3][6] He is also the namesake of Mount Toll in Colorado. In 1936, Roger Toll was part of an international commission to investigate the potential values of a protected area to straddle the Rio Grande area of Texas and Mexico. The report was enthusiastic and the commission endorsed the national park idea. Tragically, Roger Toll and George Wright were killed in a car accident on their return from Texas. Toll and Wright Mountains were named in their memory.[7]
See also
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West aspect of Toll Mountain centered. Casa Grande Peak to left. -
View from Emory Peak with flat-topped Toll Mountain centered.
Lost Mine Peak centered beyond. Casa Grande Peak to left, Crown Mountain to right. Camera pointed northeast. -
West aspect
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Toll Mountain, Texas". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
- ^ a b c d "Toll Mountain - 7,415' TX". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
- ^ a b "Toll Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
- ^ Geologic Map of the Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park, Texas, Robert G. Bohannon, 2011, U.S. Geological Survey.
- ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.
- ^ Ronnie C. Tyler, The Big Bend: A History of the Last Texas Frontier, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1975, p. 18.
- ^ Texas' Gift to the Nation: The Establishment of Big Bend National Park, National Park Service, Retrieved 2024-11-18.
External links
edit- Toll Mountain: Weather forecast
