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Platteklip Stream Trail

In Table Mountain

Local route4.8 km · 3.0 miGood year-round

Next nearby hike: Deer Park Loop 0.4 mi · 0.7 kmExplore Table Mountain →

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Best time to hike

Year-round

  1. J21°17°32
  2. F21°17°27
  3. M20°16°36
  4. A18°14°91
  5. M16°12°137
  6. J15°11°175
  7. J14°10°193
  8. A14°10°154
  9. S15°11°106
  10. O17°12°55
  11. N18°14°42
  12. D20°16°35

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)
4.8 km · 3.0 mi (OSM distance tag)
Mapped length
4.9 km · 3.0 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Mountain range
Table Mountain (Atlantic Cape Fold Mountains › Cape Fold Belt; GMBA)
Nearest town
1.9 km S 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
Shape
Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
Route centre
-33.9460, 18.4253
Route start
-33.9428, 18.4252
OpenStreetMap
relation 14150751
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.

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Pipe Track

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Contour Path

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Kasteelpoort - Diagonal Route Trail (with Diving Board excursion)

4.8 km · 2.6 mi · 4.2 km away

Wood Ravine

2.7 km · 2.8 mi · 4.6 km away

Sea Point Promenade Walk

6.0 km · 2.9 mi · 4.7 km away

Nearest trails

distance from the trail start

Deer Park Loop

0.4 mi · 0.7 km · Western Cape

Devils Peak Quarry Loop

0.5 mi · 0.9 km · Western Cape

Chelmsford Road - Woodstock Cave

0.7 mi · 1.1 km · Western Cape

Kloof Corner to Devils Peak Trail

0.7 mi · 1.2 km · Western Cape

Deer Park via Table Mountain Road

0.9 mi · 1.5 km · Western Cape

Devil's Peak Route

1.0 mi · 1.6 km · Western Cape

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