Gordon’s Rock
Gordon’s Rock is in Drakenstein Local Municipality, Cape Winelands District Municipality, Western Cape. Gordon’s Rock is situated nearby to the peak Bretagneklip, as well as near the scenic viewpoint Paarl View Point.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Afrikaans Language Monument and Paarl Boys‘ High School.
Afrikaans Language Monument
Monument
Photo: Chell Hill, CC BY 2.5.
The Afrikaans Language Monument is located on a hill overlooking Paarl, Western Cape Province, South Africa. Officially opened on 10 October 1975, it commemorates the semicentenary of Afrikaans being declared an official language of South Africa separate from Dutch. Afrikaans Language Monument is situated 2½ km south of Gordon’s Rock.
Paarl Boys‘ High School
School
Photo: Aliyahreflections, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Paarl Boys' High School, known in Afrikaans as Hoër Jongenskool Paarl, is a public dual-medium high school for boys and is one of the oldest schools in South Africa, built in 1868. Paarl Boys‘ High School is situated 2 km east of Gordon’s Rock.
La Rochelle Girls‘ High School
School
La Rochelle Girls' High School, in Paarl is the oldest girls' school in South Africa. La Rochelle Girls‘ High School is situated 2 km east of Gordon’s Rock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Paarl and Denneburg.
Paarl
Photo: Tim Parkinson, CC BY 2.0.
Paarl is the third-oldest town in South Africa and is approximately 60 km to the north-west of Cape Town. It is famous for having one of the world's largest rock outcrops.
Denneburg
Suburb
Paarl is a town with 294,457 inhabitants in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is the largest town in the Cape Winelands. Due to the growth of the Mbekweni township, it is now a de facto urban unit with Wellington. Denneburg is situated 4 km east of Gordon’s Rock.
Klapmuts
Village
Photo: Abu Shawka, CC0.
Klapmuts is the name of both a hill, and a town which formed at its foot. They are located in Cape Winelands District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Klapmuts is situated 10 km southwest of Gordon’s Rock.
Gordon’s Rock
- Type: Rock
- Category: landform
- Location: Drakenstein Local Municipality, Cape Winelands District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-33.74162° or 33° 44′ 30″ southLongitude
18.94224° or 18° 56′ 32″ eastOpen location code
4FRW7W5R+9VOpenStreetMap ID
way 146963799OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bare_rock
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