This is where you can find things such as websites, helpful phone numbers, friends groups and cooperating associations, and, sometimes, books relating to the park.
Guadalupe Mountains National Park: www.nps.gov/gumo
400 Pine Canyon
Salt Flat, TX 79847
Phone: 915-828-3251
For information about bringing your pet, click here.
Fees
Seven-day standard Entrance Pass: $10 per person
Guadalupe Mountains National Park Annual Pass: $35
America the Beautiful Annual Pass (including Senior Passes): FREE - $80
Education / Academic Group: FREE
Weather
Planning for your Guadalupe Mountains trip should include a check of the weather, which can drastically change within the park. Summers typically feature warm temperatures with highs approaching the 90s and the chance for showers; fall brings wonderfully mild temperatures but with the chance of high winds; winter months can bring snow and freezing fog, though daily highs in the mid-50s are typical; spring offers comfortable temperatures for hiking and backpacking, along with the chance for showers.
For the latest weather updates check here, but keep in mind that higher elevations tend to be 7-10 degrees cooler than the park's floor. For example, Dog Canyon is at 6,000 feet (1,829 m) in elevation and tends to be cooler than the Pine Springs area.
Friends Organizations
Western National Parks Association (WNPA) is a nonprofit educational partner of the National Park Service supporting 71 national parks and monuments across the West
Helpful Books
On the Desert's Edge is a book for all those who cherish wild places. It is a collection of anecdotal essays, poetry and photos by Dale Pate and Ron Kerbo, present and former National Park Service cave specialists who have 36 years of combined experience living, working, and exploring in and around Carlsbad Caverns and Guadalupe Mountains National Parks.
Guadalupe Mountains National Park: An Environmental History Of The Southwest Borderlands
Drawing upon published sources, oral histories, and previously unused archival documents, Jeffrey P. Shepherd situates the Guadalupe Mountains and the national park in the context of epic tales of Spanish exploration, westward expansion, Native survival, immigrant settlement, the conservation movement, early tourism, and regional economic development. As Americans cope with climate change, polarized political rhetoric, and suburban sprawl, public spaces such as Guadalupe Mountains National Park remind us about our ties to nature and our historical relationships with the environment.
Birding In The Southwestern National Parks
Birding in the Southwestern National Parks is most definitely a book for birders. No time is wasted getting right to the nitty-gritty of the bird life in each of the 17 national park units featured, including Guadalupe Mountains National Park.
Stars Above, Earth Below, A Guide To Astronomy In The National Parks
Add Stars Above, Earth Below, a Guide to Astronomy in the National Parks to your library and you'll not only gain a better appreciation of the dark skies over national parks, but you'll also be better informed on the stars twinkling at you.
