Great Place with a Great View

Are you looking for a great place to visit in Austin, open all year round, and with a BEAUTIFUL VIEW? Got it right here! Mt. Bonnell, aka, Covert Park. This is a great place to visit with your family, loved one, or even your pet; best part? It's free. Yes we all know that you're broke, don't worry, we're broke as well (at least I am!). Mt. Bonnell is one of the best places to go in the city of Austin that has a great view of not just Lake Austin, but of a beautiful neighborhood as you drive to the park. 
Some history behind the mountain:

• Has any mysteries behind the actual naming of the mountain.
• It was thought to be named after a newspaper publisher named George W. Bonnell. He moved to Austin in 1836 and was very involved with affairs after the war for Independence. 
• Another though is that the mountain was named after an actual solder in the war for Independence of Texas. His name was Joseph Bonnell.
• Another legend states that Mt. Bonnell was once named Antoinette's Leap because a young woman had once jumped off the mountain to escape some Indians who had recently killed her fiancé. 
• It opened in 1972
• Mt. Bonnell is open 366 days a year. (yes even on your birthday) 

This is a great place to go if anyone's looking for a gorgeous view and is low on cash. This mountain is part of what makes Austin the best city in all of the US (in my opinion).

This is an image of the gorgeous view of Lake Austin

Thanks to Wikipedia.org for the image.

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~Cam