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Texas
Telephone Canyon
16.8 mi
Distance
9,706 ft
Gain
8h 37m
Time
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What we do know
Inside Big Bend National Park
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Telephone Canyon
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 16.8 mi
- Elevation gain
- 9,706 ft
- Elevation loss
- 9,706 ft
- Highest point
- 4,462 ft
- Lowest point
- 2,126 ft
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Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- National Park Service
About this trail
Telephone Canyon is a 16.80-mile out-and-back trail in Texas managed by the National Park Service. The trail gains 6,038 feet of elevation and loses 6,908 feet.
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