Franklin Roosevelt Park
Franklin Roosevelt Park is a north-western suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, around 8 km northwest of City Hall, north of Montgomery Park and southwest of Linden.Places of Interest
Highlights include Emmarentia Dam and Johannesburg Botanical Garden.
Emmarentia Dam
Reservoir
Photo: Setzor, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Emmarentia Dam is a dam in Emmarentia, Johannesburg, South Africa. There are several dams that make up Emmarentia Dam, despite its allusion to the singular, with two small dams found upstream in the Johannesburg Botanical Gardens.
Johannesburg Botanical Garden
Park
Photo: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Johannesburg Botanical Garden is located in the suburb of Emmarentia in Johannesburg, South Africa. The gardens grew out of a large rose garden that was established in 1964 and subsequently expanded from 1969 to cover an area of around 125 hectares.
Westpark Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Hentie Joubert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Westpark Cemetery is a large cemetery in Johannesburg, South Africa, and is the resting place of some of the country's well-known citizens. It is a non-denomination designated burial ground, and thus has Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Chinese burial areas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greenside and Victory Park.
Greenside
Suburb
Greenside, is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Greenside borders on the suburbs Emmarentia, Parkview, Parkhurst and Victory Park. Greenside is situated 2½ km east of Franklin Roosevelt Park.
Victory Park
Suburb
Victory Park is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, around 8 km northwest of City Hall. Victory Park covers 1.6 km2, including several smallholdings and a pair of blocks that include the private Jewish high school in the King David Schools network and the Victory Park Hebrew Congregation building. Victory Park is situated 3 km northeast of Franklin Roosevelt Park.
Westdene
Suburb
Westdene is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Westdene lies between the historic suburb of Sophiatown and Melville with the Melville Koppies nature reserve to the north of the suburb. Westdene is situated 3 km south of Franklin Roosevelt Park.
Franklin Roosevelt Park
- Type: Suburb
- Description: place in Gauteng, South Africa
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: City of Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-26.14917° or 26° 8′ 57″ southLongitude
27.98639° or 27° 59′ 11″ eastOpen location code
5G59VX2P+8HOpenStreetMap ID
node 262706293OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q61359338
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Turkish—“Franklin Roosevelt Park” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Franklin Roosevelt Park”
- Dutch: “Franklin Roosevelt Park”
- Turkish: “Franklin Roosevelt Park”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Montroux and Emmarentia.
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