Mount Bonnell
Mount Bonnell rises to 238 m in Texas. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Covert Park at Mount Bonnell, a park 0.1 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 3.7 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mount Bonnell , also known as Covert Park, is a prominent point alongside the Lake Austin portion of the Colorado River in Austin, Texas. It has been a popular tourist destination since the 1850s. The mount provides a vista for viewing the city of Austin, Lake Austin, and the surrounding hills. It was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1969, bearing Marker number 6473, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
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Wikidata Q6919779, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 238 m
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 23.8 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 27.9 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Covert Park at Mount Bonnell: 0.1 mi
- Mayfield Park: 0.6 mi
- The Contemporary Austin - Laguna Gloria: 0.7 mi
- Ridge Oak Reservoir Park: 0.7 mi
- Ridge Oak Triangle: 0.9 mi
- Blue Blood: 0.4 mi
- Embrace Bewilderment: 2.7 mi
- Malin's Fountain: 2.8 mi
- Diana the Huntress: 3.0 mi
- Abundance: 3.0 mi
- Rainey House: 0.2 mi
- Laguna Gloria: 0.6 mi
- Adjutants General: 0.9 mi
- Texas in the Civil War - Federal Forces: 0.9 mi
- Major John B. Jones: 1.1 mi
- Nalle Bunny Run Wildlife Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Barrow Nature Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Stillhouse Hollow Nature Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Bull Creek Management Unit: 4.6 mi
- Mayfield Gardens: 0.6 mi
- Prayer Garden: 2.5 mi
- Experimental Gardens: 2.6 mi
- University of Texas Microfarm: 2.9 mi
- Colorado Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Laguna Gloria Art Museum: 0.6 mi
- Texas Military Forces Museum: 0.9 mi
- Charles Moore House: 2.5 mi
- Neill-Cochran House Museum: 2.7 mi
- Elisabet Ney Museum: 3.0 mi
- Mount Barker: 0.3 mi
- Mount Lucas: 0.6 mi
- Mount Larson: 1.4 mi
- Cat Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Shepherd Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Armor and Artillery Row: 0.9 mi
- Lake Austin: 1.6 mi
- Artificial Chimney: 3.1 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 3.6 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 3.7 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 3.2 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 3.5 mi
- Link Falls: 4.0 mi
- Hidden Falls: 4.1 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 4.9 mi
- Seiders Spring: 1.9 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 3.1 mi
- Eliza Spring: 3.9 mi
- Shady Spring: 7.3 mi
- Queen's Bath: 10.8 mi
- New Sweden: 16.7 mi
- Palm Valley: 17.9 mi
- McDuff: 19.7 mi
- Goforth: 20.7 mi
- Lytton Springs: 23.9 mi
- Seismic Wall: 5.5 mi
- Bird Bluff: 6.9 mi
- Fern Bluff: 14.2 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 21.8 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 7.7 mi
- The Learning Tree: 8.8 mi
- Stone picnic table: 9.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Bonnell. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 266° | 433 m | 18.7 mi |
| Gainor Mountain | WSW 245° | 429 m | 24.3 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 243° | 406 m | 20.1 mi |
| Negrohead | NW 314° | 405 m | 23.4 mi |
| Travis Peak | NW 314° | 382 m | 21.2 mi |
| Big Bear Hill | NNW 326° | 366 m | 22.7 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 261° | 364 m | 13.2 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | W 272° | 360 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:11 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:31 | 20:02 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:59 | 17:36 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 56 | 63 | 70 | 77 | 83 | 86 | 87 | 81 | 72 | 61 | 54 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin-camp Mabry, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1331056 — Mount Bonnell, Travis County, Texas.
OpenStreetMap element node/356700647
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- Austin · 4 mi
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