Photos of El Capitan @ Guadalupe Mountains National Park

Staff at Pine Springs Visitors Center told Eric that the best place to see El Capitan is from a pull off four miles south of the entrance to the Visitors Center and campground.

Here we are on a beautiful,
clear day.

Eric parked the car in

this scenic spot.

 That's Eric in the lower right-hand corner, dwarfed by El Capitan.

A closeup shot of the "tower"
with my camera's long lens.

El Capitan is the distinctive

mountain, seen 15 miles away,

at the roadway to McKittrick

Canyon Trailhead.

It's no surprise that explorers and map makers chose this particular mountain as a landmark for travelers who would follow.