Are there mountains close to Johannesburg?

Less than 70km north of Johannesburg, South Africa, lies the Magaliesberg, a modest mountain range composed mainly of quartzites. The Magaliesberg rises at a point south of the Pilanesberg (and the Pilanesberg National Park) to form a curved prominence that intersects suburban Pretoria before it peters out some 50km to the east, just south of Bronkhorstspruit. The highest point of the […]