Mount Bonnell Park
Mount Bonnell Park
Austin, Texas (Travis County)
Photo Credit: Visit Austin
Mount Bonnell was named for George W. Bonnell, Commissioner of Indian Affairs for the Republic of Texas. Believed to have been located on an Indian trail, the viewpoint overlooks Lake Austin and may have served as a defense point for the city in the early 1800s. The land was donated to the city in 1939 by the Covert family and was then officially designated as Covert Park and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Films Featured
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Blood Simple (1984)
- Austin's own Mount Bonnell sets the stage for a dangerous conversation in Blood Simple, wherein Julien (Dan Hedaya) officially asks private detective turned hitman Visser (M. Emmett Walsh) to kill his wife and her lover. We can assure you, if you visit Mount Bonnell today, the chances of your running across high-pitched, chain-smoking hitmen are greatly reduced.
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