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North Peak

North Peak, seen from above at true elevation

North Peak rises to 486 m. Table Mountain (Maclear's beacon) stands 1,086 m to the north, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Simonsberg, a peak 0.4 miles away. 59 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
486 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates-34.20250, 18.43578
Around it

59 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 31
Historic sites: 15
  • Block House 2: 0.8 mi
  • Block House 1: 0.8 mi
  • Garden of Remembrance: 4.2 mi
  • Da Gama Cross: 7.8 mi
  • Diaz Cross: 8.3 mi
Attractions: 7
Waterfalls: 2
Museums: 2
Artworks: 1
Nature reserves: 1
  • Ken Heights Private Nature Reserve: 13.8 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of North Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Table Mountain (Maclear's beacon)N 358°1,086 m16.3 mi
Fernwood PeakN 358°1,003.1 m15.9 mi
Devil's PeakN 1°1,000.5 m17.1 mi
ConstantiabergNNW 344°927.7 m10.6 mi
Junction PeakN 356°919 m15.8 mi
GrootkopNNW 347°857 m14.9 mi
Reserve PeakN 355°844 m15.3 mi
Noordhoek PeakNNW 340°764 m9.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2618:59
June solstice07:5317:0617:45
September equinox06:3718:1018:43
December solstice05:3219:2119:58

Local time (Africa/Johannesburg).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/345447028

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