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Hill Country

Range Type	Mountain range with well-recognized name
Highest Point	Kimble County High Point (2460 ft/750 m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	Texas
Area	11,111 sq mi / 28,777 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	106 mi / 170 km North-South 147 mi / 237 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	30° 0' N; 98° 49' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Hill Country
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Note: Range borders shown on map are an approximation and are not authoritative.
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Hill Country.

Edwards Plateau	Level 5 (Parent)
Hill Country	Level 6

Major Peaks of the Hill Country

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range6
1.	Kerr County High Point	2420+	738+	Hill Country
2.	Love Benchmark	2405	733	Hill Country
3.	Guadalupe Basin High Point	2405	733	Hill Country
4.	Guadalupe Benchmark East	2383	726	Hill Country
5.	Colorado-Nueces-Guadalupe Triple Divide	2380+	725+	Hill Country
6.	Bandera County High Point	2360+	719+	Hill Country
7.	Housetop Mountain	2351	717	Hill Country
8.	Caprock Mountain	2324	708	Hill Country
9.	Meridian Mountain	2320+	707+	Hill Country
10.	Gobbler Knob	2283	696	Hill Country
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Photos of Peaks in the Hill Country

Old Baldy Old Baldy Photo by William Averill. Click here for larger-size photo.	Enchanted Rock Pink granite summit of Enchanted Rock (2013-05-09). Photo by John McHugh. Click here for larger-size photo.
Black Hill View north to Black Hill from the trailhead for Black Hill South Knob. The road in the photo is "Black Hill Loop." (2022-02-18). Photo by John Mitchler. Click here for larger-size photo.	Black Hill - Northwest Peak View north from Black Hill South Knob. The loop trail follows along this ridge about 40' below the ridge line (2022-02-18). Photo by John Mitchler. Click here for larger-size photo.
Black Hill South Knob The old road ascends Black Hill South Knob from off the "Black Loop" trail (2022-02-18). Photo by John Mitchler. Click here for larger-size photo.	Sotol Hill The Far Reaches Trail goes up and over this rise called Sotol Hill (2022-02-18). Photo by John Mitchler. Click here for larger-size photo.
Sendero Balcones Hill Pick a spot along the trail at the rise listed as Sendero Balcones Hill (2022-02-18). Photo by John Mitchler. Click here for larger-size photo.	Old Baldy View of the caprock summit of Old Baldy (2018-05-13). Photo by Carlos Ross. Click here for larger-size photo.
Mission Hill Old water tower on top of Mission Hill (2018-05-13). Photo by Carlos Ross. Click here for larger-size photo.	Pilot Knob Pilot Knob as seen from northern access at DG Collins Rd (formerly Scenic Loop) (2016-10-19). Photo by Carlos Ross. Click here for larger-size photo.

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