Franklin Mountains

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The Franklin Mountains are a rugged mountain range in West Texas that dominate the landscape around El Paso and form part of the southern tip of the Rocky Mountains.

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Franklin Mountains canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf highway ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ
state park ⓘ
closestMajorCity El Paso, Texas ⓘ
linked to: El Paso
contains McKelligon Canyon ⓘ
Mundy’s Gap ⓘ
North Franklin Mountain ⓘ
Smuggler’s Pass ⓘ
South Franklin Mountain ⓘ
Tom Mays Unit ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crossedBy Transmountain Road ⓘ
dominates landscape of El Paso, Texas ⓘ
ecoregion Chihuahuan Desert ⓘ
elevation 7192 ft ⓘ
fauna golden eagle ⓘ
mountain lion ⓘ
mule deer ⓘ
roadrunner ⓘ
forms southern tip of the Rocky Mountains ⓘ
geologicalAge Precambrian ⓘ
geologicalType fault-block mountains ⓘ
highestPoint North Franklin Mountain ⓘ
length approximately 23 miles ⓘ
locatedIn El Paso County, Texas ⓘ
El Paso, Texas ⓘ
linked to: El Paso

Texas ⓘ
West Texas ⓘ
managingOrganization Texas Parks and Wildlife Department ⓘ
near Mexico–United States border ⓘ
Rio Grande ⓘ
orientation north–south ⓘ
partOf Rocky Mountains ⓘ
Texas State Highway Loop 375 ⓘ
popularFor hiking ⓘ
mountain biking ⓘ
rock climbing ⓘ
wildlife viewing ⓘ
protectedBy Franklin Mountains State Park ⓘ
rockType dolomite ⓘ
granite ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
quartzite ⓘ
separates El Paso, Texas from the Rio Grande valley to the west ⓘ
vegetation agave ⓘ
desert scrub ⓘ
ocotillo ⓘ
yucca ⓘ
visibleFrom most of El Paso metropolitan area ⓘ
width up to about 3 miles ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fort Bliss → locatedNear → Franklin Mountains ⓘ
Southwest University Park → view → Franklin Mountains ⓘ
El Paso County, Texas → elevationFeature → Franklin Mountains ⓘ