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Round Mountain is located in northern Blanco County along U.S. Route 281. It is 12 miles (19 km) north of Johnson City , the county seat, and 11 miles (18 km) south of Marble Falls . Downtown Austin is 46 miles (74 km) to the east.
Starting in 1966, a branch of the Defense Language Institute (DLI) conducted Vietnamese training using native contract instructors at the airfield. [8] Vietnamese instruction continued at the Defense Language Institute-Southwest (DLISW) until 2004, concurrent with the establishment in 1972 of the US Army's Sergeants Major Academy.
Mountain Peak Elevation Prominence Isolation Location Mountain range County; Guadalupe Peak: 8,751 ft 2667 m: 3,031 ft 924 m: 72.6 mi 116.9 km Guadalupe Mountains: Culberson: Shumard Peak: 8,635 ft 2632 m: 899 ft 274 m: 1.37 mi 2.2 km
Round Mountain is an unincorporated community in Travis County, in the U.S. state of Texas. [1] According to the Handbook of Texas , the community had a population of 59 in 2000. It is located within the Greater Austin metropolitan area.
This is a list of hillside letters (also known as mountain monograms), large geoglyphs found primarily in the Western United States. [1] [2] [3] There are about 600 in total, but the status of many of these symbols are uncertain, due to vagueness in sources. The states with the most hillside letters are: Montana: 86 monograms; California: 83 ...
The Trans-Pecos region is the only part of Texas regarded as mountainous and includes seven named peaks in elevation greater than 8,000 feet (2,400 m). This region includes sand hills, desert valleys, wooded mountain slopes and desert grasslands. [11] The vegetation diversity includes at least 268 grass species and 447 species of woody plants. [15]
Round Top Mountain is a mountain located at the western end of the Sierra Blanca area in Hudspeth County, Texas near the town of Sierra Blanca.The area includes the Finlay Mountains, Triple Hill, and Sierra Blanca quadrangles as well as parts of the Fort Quitman and McNary quadrangles.
All of the route except for the 2.8-mile (4.5 km) section between Big Bend National Park and Farm to Market Road 170 is included in the Texas Historical Commission's Texas Mountain Trail. The road passes through or along several state and federal parks and other wildlife preservation areas.