The Guadalupe Mountains are part of a mostly buried 400-mile-long U-shaped fossil reef complex, Capitan Reef, which extends through a large area of west Texas and southeastern New Mexico. The longest exposed stretch of Capitan Reef, 12 miles of which is in the park, extends from Guadalupe Mountains National Park northeast almost to the city of Carlsbad, New Mexico, a distance of almost 40 miles. This 260-million- to 270-million-year-old reef is one of the world’s finest examples of an ancient re

Hazardous Weather Outlook and Park Closures 6/30/21 The National Weather Service has a Flood Warning and Flash Flood Watch currently in place for Guadalupe Mountains National Park. We have received 3 inches of rainfall in the last few days (mostly in the last 24 hours), causing significant flooding in washes and low elevation areas. There is another chance of rain today, increasing the risk of continued flooding through the afternoon and evening. Rain chances are elevated everyday through the re