
Tswaing Crater Trail
The print
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Shipping & returns
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About the Tswaing Crater Trail trail
Tswaing Crater Trail covers 4.1 miles as a loop in Gauteng and Johannesburg. The route rises 377 feet in total, and its elevation spans 3,505 to 3,800 feet. The steepest pitch reaches 23 percent, against an average of 92 feet of gain per mile. On our gain-and-distance scale it falls in the moderate band. The nearest town is Soshanguve, 4 miles away.
The trail
Tswaing (Tswana for "place of salt") is an impact crater enclosed by a 1,946 ha nature reserve, situated in northern Gauteng province, South Africa. The crater and reserve are situated on a base of ancient granite of the Bushveld Igneous Complex, some 40 km to the north-northwest of Pretoria (just north of Soshanguve).
Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Along the route
- Eugene Shoemaker Memorial Viewsitemi 1.2
- Crater Viewpointmi 2.0
Places OpenStreetMap maps within 150 m of the route.
More trails in Gauteng and Johannesburg
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Place names along the route: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Best months are an estimate from NASA POWER climate data (CC BY 4.0), 2001 to 2020 monthly averages adjusted to the trail's elevation, not an official season; check current conditions and closures.