Lion's Head
More photographs at the Wikimedia Commons category.
Lion's Head rises to 669 m. Table Mountain (Maclear's beacon) stands 1,086 m to the southeast, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Signal Hill, a peak 1.5 miles away. 59 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.
The story
Lion's Head is a mountain in Cape Town, South Africa, between Table Mountain and Signal Hill. Lion's Head peaks at 669 metres (2,195 ft) above sea level. The peak forms part of a dramatic backdrop to the city of Cape Town and is part of the Table Mountain National Park.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q1718867, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 669 m
How to reach it
59 named places within 25 miles
- Signal Hill: 1.5 mi
- Table Mountain (Maclear's beacon): 3.0 mi
- Junction Peak: 3.1 mi
- Devil's Peak: 3.2 mi
- Fernwood Peak: 3.4 mi
- Statue of Sir Major General Sir Henry Timson Lukin: 1.6 mi
- Delville Wood Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Artillerymen's Memorial: 1.6 mi
- General Jan Christian Smuts Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Bartolomeu Dias: 2.5 mi
- The "Blue Train": 2.3 mi
- Harvest Capella Shipwreck: 7.8 mi
- BOS 400 Shipwreck: 8.4 mi
- Die Oog: 8.5 mi
- Nitida Winery: 13.6 mi
- Atla's Pool: 8.5 mi
- Silvermine Waterfall: 11.6 mi
- Tyger Falls: 14.3 mi
- Imizamo Yethu Township Museum: 6.8 mi
- Hout Bay Museum: 7.5 mi
- The Bronze Leopard: 8.0 mi
- Pepper Tree Art Stable: 21.6 mi
- Ken Heights Private Nature Reserve: 5.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lion's Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Table Mountain (Maclear's beacon) | SE 136° | 1,086 m | 3.0 mi |
| Fernwood Peak | SE 140° | 1,003 m | 3.4 mi |
| Devil's Peak | ESE 115° | 1,001 m | 3.2 mi |
| Constantiaberg | S 181° | 928 m | 8.2 mi |
| Junction Peak | SSE 150° | 919 m | 3.1 mi |
| Grootkop | SSW 191° | 857 m | 4.0 mi |
| Reserve Peak | SSE 159° | 844 m | 3.5 mi |
| Noordhoek Peak | S 183° | 764 m | 9.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:27 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 07:52 | 17:07 | 17:46 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:10 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 05:33 | 19:21 | 19:58 |
Local time (Africa/Johannesburg).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/48944401
Take the scenic way to Lion's Head.
Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.