Karen Road

Karen Road is a road in Nairobi County, Kenya and has an elevation of 1,831 metres. Karen Road is situated nearby to Karen Blixen Museum, as well as near the village Matathia.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Karen Blixen Museum and Karen Hospital.

Karen Blixen Museum

Museum

Photo: Rod Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Karen Blixen Museum, located 10 km outside of Nairobi, Kenya, "at the foot of the Ngong Hills", is the former African home of Danish author Karen Blixen, famous for her 1937 book Out of Africa which chronicles life at the estate. Karen Blixen Museum is situated 1 km north of Karen Road.

Karen Hospital

Hospital

The Karen Hospital is a private, multi-specialty hospital located in the Karen suburb of Nairobi, Kenya's capital city. The hospital has an in-patient bed capacity of 102. Karen Hospital is situated 3 km northeast of Karen Road.

Ngong railway station

Railway station

Photo: Karubiu, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ngong railway station is situated 3½ km west of Karen Road.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Karen and Matathia.

Karen

Suburb

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Karen is a suburb of Nairobi in Kenya, lying south-west of Nairobi's central business district. The suburb of Karen borders the Ngong Forest and is home to the Ngong Racecourse. Karen is situated 3½ km north of Karen Road.

Matathia

Village

Matathia is a village in Kiambu County in the western Rift Valley region of Kenya. It is located in the Kimende area of Lari Constituency. Matathia is situated 6 km southwest of Karen Road.

Ongata Rongai

Town

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Ongata Rongai is a town located in Kajiado North, Kajiado County, Kenya. The town is situated 17 km south of the Nairobi CBD, East of the Ngong hills, and within the greater Nairobi Metropolitan Region. Ongata Rongai is situated 6 km southeast of Karen Road.

Karen Road

Type: Road
Category: transportation
Location: Nairobi County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-1.35929° or 1° 21′ 33″ south

Longitude

36.71237° or 36° 42′ 45″ east

Elevation

1,831 metres (6,007 feet)

Open location code

6GCRJPR6+7W

GeoNames ID

11844105

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