Groundbreaking for the Pine Springs Visitor Center Marker

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Near Pine Springs in Culberson County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Groundbreaking for the Pine Springs Visitor Center
Guadalupe Mountains National Park

Groundbreaking for the Pine Springs Visitor Center Marker Photo, Click for full size

By Julie Szabo, February 9, 2008

1. Groundbreaking for the Pine Springs Visitor Center Marker

Inscription. We are not recognizing development. We are recognizing another important link in bringing others to know and love this land, its plants and animals, and its human history. When completed, this new visitor center will greet many who will, for the first time, learn about a place where humankind is only a visitor, and where wilderness is a vivid reminder of the chain of life the planet must depend on for survival.

Karen Wade, Superintendent of Guadalupe Mountains National Park, 1988.

Erected 1988.

Location. 31° 53.662′ N, 104° 49.319′ W. Marker is near Pine Springs, Texas, in Culberson County. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Salt Flat TX 79847, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 7 other markers are within 16 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. The "Committee of Five" (a few steps from this marker); Stephen Tyng Mather (a few steps from this marker); Butterfield Overland Mail (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Airmen (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Pinery (approx. 0.3 miles away); Guadalupe Peak (approx. 3.1 miles away); El Paso Salt War (approx. 15.2 miles away).

More about this marker. Set on top of a stone wall.

Marker set on top of stone wall. Photo, Click for full size

By Julie Szabo, February 9, 2008

2. Marker set on top of stone wall.

The Visitor Center Photo, Click for full size

By Julie Szabo, February 9, 2008

3. The Visitor Center

Guadalupe Mountains National Park entrance sign Photo, Click for full size

By Julie Szabo, February 9, 2008

4. Guadalupe Mountains National Park entrance sign

Credits. This page originally submitted on March 5, 2008, by Julie Szabo of Oldsmar, Florida. This page has been viewed 949 times since then. Last updated on May 3, 2010, by James R. Kuntz of Warrenton, Missouri. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 5, 2008, by Julie Szabo of Oldsmar, Florida. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.