North Park Nature Reserve
North Park Nature Reserve is a protected area along the banks of the Umhlatuzana River, near Queensburgh in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The park was proclaimed in 1968 and is managed by Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Westville Prison and Chatsworth Stadium.
Westville Prison
Prison
Westville Prison is located on the outskirts of Westville, a town inland of Durban. It is one of the largest prisons in South Africa and the only prison located in the Durban area. As of 2005, there were 40,000 inmates at Westville Prison.
Chatsworth Stadium
Stadium
Chatsworth Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Durban, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for soccer matches. From 2024, Durban City play their home games there, while previously it hosted Royal AM F.C.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pinetown and Queensburgh.
Pinetown
Town
Photo: landagent, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pinetown is a city that forms part of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, based just inland from Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The city is situated 16 km north-west of Durban and 64 km south-east of Pietermaritzburg.
Queensburgh
Town
Queensburgh is a town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa that is situated inland from Durban and now forms part of eThekwini, the Greater Durban metropolitan area.
Chatsworth
Town
Photo: Konono77, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chatsworth is a large township in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa established in the 1950s to segregate the Indian population and create a buffer between the white suburbs of Durban to the north and the black townships of Durban to the south.
North Park Nature Reserve
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: protected area in Queensburgh, South Africa
- Categories: protected area and recreation area
- Location: Ethekwini, eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-29.8719° or 29° 52′ 19″ southLongitude
30.8833° or 30° 53′ eastOpen location code
5G2G4VHM+68OpenStreetMap ID
node 345457816OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveWikidata ID
Q28223128
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“North Park Nature Reserve” goes by many names.
- Swahili: “Hifadhi ya Mazingira ya Kaskazini”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “North Park Nature Reserve”. Photo: P.Lindgren, CC BY-SA 3.0.