Rough Mountain

Rough Mountain: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Rough Mountain

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Rough Mountain — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 30.82212, -98.88699. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Rough Mountain

• Hairy Knob · viewpoint · Mason · ~23 km · Must-see
• Spy Rock · viewpoint · Mason · ~33 km · Must-see
• Fort Mason and Camp Llano, C.S.A. · fort · Mason · ~42 km · Must-see
• KBVO-TV (Llano) · attraction · Llano · ~43 km · Must-see
• Enchanted Rock · viewpoint · Llano · ~45 km · Must-see
• Packsaddle Mountain · viewpoint · Llano · ~53 km · Must-see
• Buchanan Dam · lake · Llano · ~57 km · Must-see
• Lake Buchanan · lake · Burnet · ~57 km · Must-see
• Inks Lake · lake · Llano · ~60 km · Must-see
• Roy Inks Dam · lake · Llano · ~61 km · Must-see
• Inks Lake State Park · lake · Burnet · ~63 km · Must-see
• Lake Lyndon B. Johnson · lake · Burnet · ~65 km · Must-see
• Longhorn Cavern State Park · park · Burnet · ~66 km · Must-see
• McCulloch County · museum · McCulloch · ~69 km · Must-see
• Brady Dam · lake · McCulloch · ~74 km · Must-see
• Deer Mountain · viewpoint · Llano · ~5 km
• Briscoe Mountain · viewpoint · Llano · ~6 km
• Community of Valley Spring · fort · Llano · ~9 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Rough Mountain

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Rough Mountain

• Hairy Knob · viewpoint · Mason · ~23 km · Must-see
• Spy Rock · viewpoint · Mason · ~33 km · Must-see
• Enchanted Rock · viewpoint · Llano · ~45 km · Must-see
• Packsaddle Mountain · viewpoint · Llano · ~53 km · Must-see
• Granite Mountain · viewpoint · Burnet · ~77 km · Must-see
• Bachelor Peak · viewpoint · Burnet · ~97 km · Must-see
• Rattlesnake Point · viewpoint · McCulloch · ~99 km · Must-see
• Twin Mountain · viewpoint · Coryell · ~130 km · Must-see
• Bandera Pass · viewpoint · Bandera · ~136 km · Must-see
• Deer Mountain · viewpoint · Llano · ~5 km

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