Stock Trail Junction
in Texas · centroid 97 mi from El Paso
At eight tenths of a mile up the trail you'll intersect with the horse or stock trail. There are good views of the campground and Guadalupe Pass from this location. From here, the steep switchbacks continue for a little over ½ mile.
Near the top of the switchbacks, one and a half miles up the trail, you'll pass a cliff with steep drop offs just next to the trail. There is a sign here warning horseback riders to dismount and walk their horses across this area. From just beyond the cliff we get a great view of Shumard Peak.
The peak was named for geologist G. G. Shumard, who visited the Guadalupes in 1855 and described the massive white limestone of the Guadalupe Mountains as the Capitan Formation of Permian age.
- States
- Texas
- Trail type
- National Park trail
- Centroid nearest city
- El Paso, TX · 97 mi · ~2.8 hr drive
- Centroid coords
- 31.8940°, -104.8351°
About Guadalupe Mountains National Park
This trail is inside Guadalupe Mountains National Park, a national park managed by the U.S. National Park Service. Conditions, road status, trail closures, and reservation requirements are published on the park's NPS page — check it before driving in, especially in winter or during major weather events.
Entrance fee: $10 per vehicle (verify current rate on the park page). An America the Beautiful annual pass ($80) covers entrance to all NPS units.
Official NPS trail page: https://www.nps.gov/places/gumo_gp_stocktrailjct.htm
Park homepage: https://www.nps.gov/gumo/index.htm
Plan your hike
Maps + permits: long-distance trails like this often require permits for through-hiking, backcountry camping, or specific sections (especially in National Parks). Check with the maintaining organisation listed above and the relevant land manager before booking travel.
Water + supplies: water sources vary seasonally on most U.S. trails. Carry a filter and consult current trail-condition reports — through-hiker journals (PCT-L, AT Reddit, etc.) and the maintaining organisation publish regular updates.
When to go: hiking seasons vary widely with elevation, latitude, and snowpack. Through-hikers traditionally start the AT in March-April (Springer northbound) and the PCT in late April (Campo northbound). High-elevation western trails (CDT, JMT, Wonderland) generally aren't passable until July.
If you've hiked Stock Trail Junction and have current notes (water sources, trail closures, permit changes), tell us at /contact — we update pages as we learn.
Stay nearby
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Sources
Trail data on this page is compiled from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), the maintaining organisation's public-facing materials, and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA where excerpts are quoted). Distance, terminus, and descriptive text for nationally-designated trails are hand-curated from federal land-manager websites and trail-association sources. We do not modify the underlying data; this page presents what is already publicly recorded. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page.