Ngong Road Forest

Ngong Road Forest is a forest in Nairobi County, Kenya and has an elevation of 1,813 metres. Ngong Road Forest is situated nearby to the locality Racecouse, as well as near Kuwinda.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nairobi War Cemetery and Raila Odinga International Stadium.

Nairobi War Cemetery

Memorial

Photo: HJ Mitchell, CC BY 4.0.

The Nairobi War Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the Second World War located in Nairobi, Kenya.

Raila Odinga International Stadium

Sports venue

Raila Odinga International Stadium, also Talanta Sports Stadium or Talanta Sports City, is a sports stadium under construction in the city of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya.

Bomas of Kenya is a tourist village in Langata, Nairobi, in Kenya. Bomas interpreted to mean displays traditional villages belonging to the several Kenyan tribes. Bomas of Kenya is situated 2½ km southeast of Ngong Road Forest.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Woodley and Kibera.

Woodley

Quarter

Woodley is a residential neighbourhood in the city of Nairobi. It is approximately 4.4 kilometres west of the central business district. It generally a low-density suburb that lies north of Africa's largest slum, Kibera. Woodley is situated 3½ km northeast of Ngong Road Forest.

Kibera

Suburb

Photo: Kreuzschnabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kibera is a division and neighbourhood of Nairobi, Kenya, 6.6 kilometres from the city centre. Kibera is the largest and most studied slum in Nairobi, and also the largest urban slum in all of Africa. Kibera is situated 4½ km east of Ngong Road Forest.

Laini Saba

Quarter

Laini Saba is a slum of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. It belongs to the major slum of Kibera. As for Lindi, another village within Kibera, its population is estimated at 100,000. Laini Saba is situated 5 km east of Ngong Road Forest.

Ngong Road Forest

Type: Forest
Also known as: “Ngong” and “Ngong Road Forest Reserve”
Location: Nairobi County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-1.32066° or 1° 19′ 14″ south

Longitude

36.751° or 36° 45′ 4″ east

Elevation

1,813 metres (5,948 feet)

Open location code

6GCRMQH2+PC

GeoNames ID

183582

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Localities in the Area

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