Cecilia Forest

Cecilia Forest is a reservoir in Western Cape, South Africa. Cecilia Forest is situated near the suburb Klaassenbosch, as well as near Glen Dirk.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Table Mountain National Park and Newlands Forest.

Table Mountain National Park

Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Table Mountain National Park is a 221-km² park in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It protects the natural environment of the Table Mountain Chain, and in particular the rare fynbos vegetation.

Newlands Forest

Forest

Newlands Forest is a conservancy area on the eastern slopes of Table Mountain, beside the suburb of Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa. It is owned and maintained by the Table Mountain National Parks Board, along with the City Parks Department of Cape Town, and includes a Fire Station, Nursery and Reservoir.

Woodhead Dam

Reservoir

Photo: Andrew massyn, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Woodhead Dam is a dam on Table Mountain, Western Cape, South Africa. It was built in 1897 and supplies water to Cape Town. The dam, which was the first large masonry dam in South Africa, was designated as an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2008.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Camps Bay and Newlands.

Camps Bay

Photo: Octagon, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Camps Bay is a suburb in Cape Town on the Cape Peninsula of South Africa. Founded as Kamps Baai it was once considered to become Cape Town's harbour. It has become a tourism hot spot because it offers a great combination of restaurants, bars, amenities, accommodation and a fantastic beach, all very close to each other.

Newlands

Suburb

Photo: Andresdewet, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Newlands is an upmarket suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. It is located at the foot of Table Mountain in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, and is the wettest suburb in South Africa due to its high winter rainfall.

Oranjezicht

Suburb

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Oranjezicht is a suburb in the City Bowl area of Cape Town, South Africa. It was built on the site of the old Oranjezicht farm, which used to stretch at least as far as the Mount Nelson Hotel and supplied the Castle of Good Hope with fresh produce.

Cecilia Forest

Type: Reservoir
Category: body of water
Location: Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-33.9988° or 33° 59′ 56″ south

Longitude

18.4264° or 18° 25′ 35″ east

Open location code

4FRW2C2G+FH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 437134479

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=reservoir_covered

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Klaassenbosch and Glen Dirk.

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Highlights: Pool and Garden.

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