Peak
Swartkop
Swartkop rises to 678 m. Table Mountain (Maclear's beacon) stands 1,086 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Block House 2, a historic site 0.5 miles away. 59 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 678 m
How to reach it
Coordinates-34.21589, 18.45069
59 named places within 25 miles
Peaks: 31
- Simonsberg: 0.9 mi
- North Peak: 1.3 mi
- Ridge Peak: 7.0 mi
- Kalk Bay Peak: 7.2 mi
- Klein-Tuinkop: 7.4 mi
Historic sites: 15
- Block House 2: 0.5 mi
- Block House 1: 0.5 mi
- Garden of Remembrance: 5.3 mi
- Da Gama Cross: 6.8 mi
- Diaz Cross: 7.3 mi
Attractions: 7
- The Boulders: 1.3 mi
- Fresh Fish: 6.0 mi
- Cape of Good Hope: 9.9 mi
- Die Oog: 11.6 mi
- BOS 400 Shipwreck: 14.8 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- Silvermine Waterfall: 8.1 mi
- Atla's Pool: 11.7 mi
Museums: 2
- Hout Bay Museum: 13.2 mi
- Imizamo Yethu Township Museum: 13.9 mi
Artworks: 1
- The Bronze Leopard: 12.6 mi
Nature reserves: 1
- Ken Heights Private Nature Reserve: 14.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Swartkop. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Table Mountain (Maclear's beacon) | N 355° | 1,086 m | 17.3 mi |
| Fernwood Peak | N 355° | 1,003.1 m | 16.8 mi |
| Devil's Peak | N 358° | 1,000.5 m | 18.1 mi |
| Constantiaberg | NNW 342° | 927.7 m | 11.8 mi |
| Junction Peak | N 353° | 919 m | 16.8 mi |
| Grootkop | NNW 344° | 857 m | 16.0 mi |
| Reserve Peak | N 352° | 844 m | 16.3 mi |
| Noordhoek Peak | NNW 338° | 764 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:26 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 07:53 | 17:06 | 17:45 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:10 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 05:32 | 19:21 | 19:58 |
Local time (Africa/Johannesburg).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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