Round Mountain Texas Map

About Round Mountain, Texas

Round Mountain is a locality in Travis County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 101. The population density is 16.9 people per km². Round Mountain is located at 30.3943°N, 98.3612°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Round Mountain is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 78641, 78663.

Round Mountain rises from the limestone bedrock of the central Texas plains, a landscape defined by the persistent, winding path of Big Sandy Creek. It lies 5.3 miles west of Leander, TX (from Leander, TX: bearing 268°T), and is situated 8.7 miles northwest of Cedar Park. The terrain around Round Mountain is shaped by the subtle shifts of the earth, where the drainage of Long Hollow creates small, rocky arroyos that catch the rain and sustain the scrub oak and native grasses. Three miles away, the waters of Soil Conservation Service Site 1 Reservoir hold a stillness that reflects the vast, pale sky of the interior. The light here at dusk possesses a singular clarity, bleaching the gray stone and casting long, sharp shadows across the dry, sun-baked earth, while the Balcones Canyonland Preserve:Scott & White serves as a quiet sanctuary for the scrub jay and the white-tailed deer, grounding the locality in a rugged, undisturbed solitude.

Economic life in Round Mountain has long been tethered to the slow cycles of ranching and the stubborn resilience of the land. The history of this place is inscribed in the fences and the weathered barns that stand against the wind, remnants of an era when the primary labor was the tending of livestock and the careful management of limited water. Though the pace is measured by the seasons rather than the clock, the influence of the region remains, with the distant silhouette of the Edwards Plateau serving as a reminder of the geological expanse beyond the immediate horizon. Those seeking the physical reality of the landscape often look toward the Pace Bend Park Trail, nine miles away, where the terrain reveals the same limestone strata found closer to home. Life here is defined by a quiet autonomy, a preference for the autonomy of the open prairie over the noise of distant urban centers, maintaining a character that is as durable as the rock beneath the soil.

About This Round Mountain Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Round Mountain, Texas. Coordinates: 30.394346, -98.361174. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Round Mountain includes the ZIP code (78641, 78663), telephone area code (512, 737), county seat of Travis County (Austin), and school district assignment (Johnson City Independent School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.