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Lion's Head Summit

On Leeukop, Table Mountain

Local route4.3 km · 2.7 miGood year-round

Next nearby hike: Signal Hill Trail via Lion's Head Path 1.0 mi · 1.6 kmExplore Leeukop →

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Best time to hike

Year-round

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  2. F21°17°26
  3. M20°16°35
  4. A18°14°86
  5. M16°12°134
  6. J15°11°170
  7. J14°10°188
  8. A14°10°150
  9. S15°11°103
  10. O16°13°52
  11. N18°14°40
  12. D19°16°34

Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.

How we pick months

Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.

Trail facts

Length (signed)
4.3 km · 2.7 mi (OSM distance tag)
Mapped length
2.1 km · 1.3 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Mountain
Leeukop (mountain, 669 m; GeoNames)
Mountain range
Table Mountain (Atlantic Cape Fold Mountains › Cape Fold Belt; GMBA)
Nearest town
2.9 km SW of Cape Town (City of Cape Town, Western Cape) · GeoNames
Best months
Year-round
Country
South Africa
Region
Western Cape
Continent
Africa
Route type
Local route
Route centre
-33.9368, 18.3910
Route start
-33.9369, 18.3949
OpenStreetMap
relation 14144595
How it’s scored

Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.

Nearest trails

distance from the trail start

Signal Hill Trail via Lion's Head Path

1.0 mi · 1.6 km · Western Cape

Deer Park via Table Mountain Road

1.2 mi · 2.0 km · Western Cape

India Venster

1.4 mi · 2.2 km · Western Cape

Pipe Track

1.6 mi · 2.6 km · Western Cape

Kloof Corner to Devils Peak Trail

1.7 mi · 2.7 km · Western Cape

Platteklip Stream Trail

1.9 mi · 3.0 km · Western Cape

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