Carter Peak is a 5,690-foot-elevation (1,734-meter) summit in Brewster County, Texas, United States.

Carter Peak is located on the west side of the Chisos Mountains in Big Bend National Park.

[4] Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,500 feet (457 m) above Oak Canyon in one-quarter mile (0.4 km).

The nearest higher neighbor is Vernon Bailey Peak, 0.78 miles (1.26 km) to the northeast.

The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1957 by the United States Board on Geographic Names to honor Amon G. Carter (1879–1955), publisher of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and promoter of the establishment of Big Bend National Park.