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Round Mountain Texas Map

Explore Round Mountain, Texas, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Round Mountain, Texas

How to Use This Round Mountain, Texas Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Round Mountain, Texas. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Texas or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Round Mountain.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Round Mountain
State	Texas (TX)
County	Travis County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	30.394346
Longitude	-98.361174
Population	101
Density	16.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	78641, 78663
Area Code	512, 737
County Seat	Austin
School District	Johnson City Independent School District

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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.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Joseph Bird (Monument) — 2.7 mi, 024° NE
Robert Price (Monument) — 3.1 mi, 011° N
Gideon Thorp's Arrastre (Monument) — 3.1 mi, 011° N
Reptilandia (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 6.3 mi, 198° S
Pedernales Falls State Park (State Park) — 7.1 mi, 124° SE
Pedernales River Nature Park (Local Park) — 7.6 mi, 197° S
Pedernales Falls Overlook (Viewpoint) — 7.7 mi, 121° SE
Hill Country Overlook (Attraction) — 9.4 mi, 124° SE
River Overlook (Attraction) — 9.4 mi, 125° SE
Dead Man's Hole (Attraction) — 10.9 mi, 032° NE
Flying K Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 11.3 mi, 007° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 12.0 mi, 017° N
Double Horn (Local Conservation Area) — 12.9 mi, 049° NE
Marta Stafford Fine Art (Gallery) — 13.2 mi, 022° N
Bernie's Art Gallery & Custom Frame Shop (Gallery) — 13.2 mi, 022° N
Uptown Theatre (Theatre) — 13.2 mi, 022° N
Highland Arts Guild (Gallery) — 13.3 mi, 022° N
Hamilton Pool Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 13.7 mi, 104° E
Myers (Conservation Area) — 14.3 mi, 107° E
ShowBiz Cinemas (Cinema) — 15.0 mi, 021° N
Turkey Bend Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 15.6 mi, 063° NE
Far Hills (Conservation Area) — 16.4 mi, 131° SE
Lyndon B. Johnson State Park & Historic Site (State Park) — 16.6 mi, 232° SW
LBJ Museum (Museum) — 19.0 mi, 236° SW
Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.1 mi, 046° NE · 43k acres
Pound House Historical Farmstead (Museum) — 21.5 mi, 129° SE
TexARTS (Theatre) — 23.6 mi, 100° E
Enchanted Rock State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 27.3 mi, 287° W
Texas paintball (Attraction) — 27.9 mi, 074° E
Nature Center (Museum) — 28.4 mi, 151° SE

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