Gideon Scheepers Monument
Gideon Scheepers Monument is a memorial in Eastern Cape, South Africa. Gideon Scheepers Monument is situated nearby to the recreation area Piekniekbos, as well as near the reservoir Nqweba Dam.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Camdeboo National Park and Nqweba Dam.
Camdeboo National Park
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Camdeboo National Park is in Karoo Heartland of South Africa. It is most famous for the Valley of Desolation, where breathtaking cliffs and columns of rock form a haven for dozens of birds species.
Nqweba Dam
Reservoir
Nqweba Dam, is an earth-fill type dam located on the Sundays River in the Camdeboo National Park, in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. It was opened in 1925.
Hester Rupert Art Museum
Museum
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Hester Rupert Art Museum is situated 3 km southeast of Gideon Scheepers Monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Graaff-Reinet and Kroonvale.
Graaff-Reinet
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Graaff-Reinet is a town of 36,000 people in the Karoo Heartland. A touch of history wafts around the old houses, the small church and the busy main street of Graaff-Reinet.
Kroonvale
Suburb
Graaff-Reinet, officially Robert Sobukwe Town after a name change in February 2026, is a town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is the oldest town in the province and the sixth oldest town in South Africa, after Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Simon's Town, Paarl and Swellendam. Kroonvale is situated 5 km southeast of Gideon Scheepers Monument.
Gideon Scheepers Monument
- Type: Memorial
- Category: historic site
- Location: Eastern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-32.23096° or 32° 13′ 52″ southLongitude
24.51802° or 24° 31′ 5″ eastOpen location code
4GV6QG99+J6OpenStreetMap ID
node 804027276OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Piekniekbos and Dam wall.
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