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Needle Peak is a mountain in Presidio County in southwest Texas, rising to 4,608 feet above sea level and standing 328 feet above the Lower Shutup canyon along its eastern edge. It is a Tertiary intrusion within the Solitario, a circular domal uplift about nine miles across that is bordered by a prominent limestone rim. The area around it is desert mountain country with basalt deposits, sparse grasses, cacti, desert shrubs, and scrub brush. The mountain was named for its shape. Although the name is also used locally for a different nearby feature in Brewster County, this Needle Peak is the one within the Solitario.
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