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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)N1,086 m9.0 mi
Fernwood PeakNNE1,003 m8.6 mi
Devil's PeakNNE1,001 m10.0 mi
ConstantiabergNNW928 m2.9 mi
Junction PeakN919 m8.5 mi
GrootkopN857 m7.2 mi
Reserve PeakN844 m7.9 mi
Noordhoek PeakNNW764 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/899627743

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