Picnic Area
Picnic Area is a park in City of Johannesburg, Gauteng. Picnic Area is situated nearby to Bushwillow Pond, as well as near the forest West Wilds.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St John’s College and Johannesburg Zoo.
St John’s College
School
St John's College is a private Anglican day and boarding school situated in Houghton Estate in Johannesburg, South Africa. It was founded in 1898, by Rev. St John’s College is situated 550 metres southeast of Picnic Area.
Johannesburg Zoo
Zoo
Photo: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Johannesburg Zoo or Joburg Zoo is a 55-hectare zoo in Johannesburg, South Africa. The zoo is dedicated to the accommodation, enrichment, husbandry, and medical care of wild animals, and houses about 2000 individuals of 320 species. Johannesburg Zoo is situated 1½ km northwest of Picnic Area.
Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital
Hospital building
Photo: Ekem, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital is an accredited general hospital in Parktown, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital is situated 1 km west of Picnic Area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hillbrow and Parktown.
Hillbrow
Suburb
Photo: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hillbrow is an Inner City residential neighbourhood of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. It is characterized by a high population density and has experienced issues associated with municipal disinvestment, including elevated levels of unemployment, poverty, prostitution, and crime.
Parktown
Suburb
Photo: Paul venter, Public domain.
Parktown is a wealthy suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, and is the first suburb north of the inner city. It is affectionately known as one of the Parks, others including Parkview, Parkwood, Westcliff, Parktown North, Parkhurst and Forest Town. Parktown is situated 2½ km southwest of Picnic Area.
Braamfontein
Suburb
Braamfontein is a central suburb of Johannesburg, in South Africa, seat of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and some of South Africa's major corporations such as Liberty Holdings Limited, JD Group, Sappi, and Bidvest Bank and Hollard. Braamfontein is situated 3 km southwest of Picnic Area.
Picnic Area
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: City of Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-26.17221° or 26° 10′ 20″ southLongitude
28.05317° or 28° 3′ 11″ eastOpen location code
5G5CR3H3+47OpenStreetMap ID
way 484910034OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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