Round Mountain is a poorly delineated collection of Bureau of Land Management parcels and private lands lying North of Nevada City. Access is obtained via Rock Creek Road that can be entered from either the Lake Vera Purdon Road or the North Bloomfield Road. There is a parking lot at the top (only about 3000-ft. altitude) and a series of trails leads off in various directions. Some of these trails, though not marked, yield a view of the South Yuba River canyon.

Birds that may be seen are those of the oak forest variety including Acorn, Pileated, and Downy Woodpeckers, Ruby Crowned Kinglets, Brown Creepers, Nashville Warblers, Western Tanagers, Black Headed Grosbeaks, Yellow Rumped Warblers, Red Breasted Nuthatches and the ubiquitous Brown Headed Cowbird. At night these owls have been heard Western Screech-owl, Northern Saw-whet Owl , and Spotted Owl

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