- Elevation, modelled
- 4 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Table Mountain (Maclear's beacon)1,086 m · 7.6 mi
- Sunset, December solstice
- 19:58local time
- Coordinates
- -34.0556, 18.3478
West Fort is a historic site, at a modelled 4 m. Table Mountain (Maclear's beacon) stands 1,086 m to the northeast, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is The Sentinel, a peak 0.6 miles away. 60 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of West Fort. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Table Mountain (Maclear's beacon) | NE 36° | 1,086 m | 7.6 mi |
| Fernwood Peak | NE 38° | 1,003.1 m | 7.3 mi |
| Devil's Peak | NE 37° | 1,000.5 m | 8.8 mi |
| Constantiaberg | E 87° | 927.7 m | 2.2 mi |
| Junction Peak | NE 35° | 919 m | 6.9 mi |
| Grootkop | NNE 20° | 857 m | 4.7 mi |
| Reserve Peak | NE 35° | 844 m | 6.2 mi |
| Noordhoek Peak | ESE 123° | 764 m | 2.2 mi |
60 named places within 25 miles
Peaks: 32
- The Sentinel: 0.6 mi
- Kapteinspiek: 0.9 mi
- Karbonkelberg: 1.7 mi
- Suther Peak: 1.9 mi
- Skoorsteenberg: 2.1 mi
Historic sites: 14
- East Fort: 1.0 mi
- Orange Kloof pumphouse: 5.0 mi
- Garden of Remembrance: 7.5 mi
- Rhodes Memorial: 9.6 mi
- General Jan Christian Smuts Memorial: 9.6 mi
Attractions: 9
- BOS 400 Shipwreck: 2.6 mi
- Harvest Capella Shipwreck: 2.8 mi
- Die Oog: 5.7 mi
- Fresh Fish: 7.7 mi
- The "Blue Train": 11.0 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Atla's Pool: 1.7 mi
- Silvermine Waterfall: 5.6 mi
- Tyger Falls: 20.3 mi
Museums: 2
- Hout Bay Museum: 1.3 mi
- Imizamo Yethu Township Museum: 1.8 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:27 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 07:53 | 17:07 | 17:46 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:10 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 05:33 | 19:21 | 19:58 |
Local time (Africa/Johannesburg).
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