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Spitskop

Spitskop, seen from above at true elevation

Spitskop rises to 447 m. Table Mountain (Maclear's beacon) stands 1,086 m to the north, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Bokkop, a peak 1.0 miles away. 62 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
447 m

How to reach it

Coordinates-34.09525, 18.39673

62 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 31
Historic sites: 15
  • East Fort: 3.3 mi
  • Garden of Remembrance: 3.7 mi
  • West Fort: 3.9 mi
  • Orange Kloof pumphouse: 6.9 mi
  • Block House 1: 8.4 mi
Attractions: 9
Waterfalls: 3
  • Silvermine Waterfall: 1.9 mi
  • Atla's Pool: 2.8 mi
  • Tyger Falls: 20.2 mi
Museums: 2
Artworks: 1
Nature reserves: 1
  • Ken Heights Private Nature Reserve: 6.0 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Table Mountain (Maclear's beacon)N 11°1,086 m9.0 mi
Fernwood PeakNNE 12°1,003.1 m8.6 mi
Devil's PeakNNE 14°1,000.5 m10.0 mi
ConstantiabergNNW 347°927.7 m2.9 mi
Junction PeakN 7°919 m8.5 mi
GrootkopN 350°857 m7.2 mi
Reserve PeakN 6°844 m7.9 mi
Noordhoek PeakNNW 329°764 m1.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2618:59
June solstice07:5317:0717:45
September equinox06:3718:1018:43
December solstice05:3219:2119:58

Local time (Africa/Johannesburg).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/899627743

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