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Champagne Castle
- Prominence
- 390 m1,278 ft
- Isolation
- 11 km
- Tonight
- 4°CClear · Wind 8 km/h SW
Champagne Castle is a 3,377 m (11,079 ft) mountain in the Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
All facts
- Elevation
- 3,377 m · 11,079 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Mafadi (3,450 m)
- Range
- Drakensberg
- Region
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Coordinates
- 29.0938° S, 29.3313° E
Champagne Castle 3D map
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Champagne Castle topographic map
50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Champagne Castle downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How to get to the top of Champagne Castle
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Road end, 8.5 km NE of Champagne Castle
- Distance
- 19.9 kmone way
- Climb
- +2,481 m−621 m (8,140 ft up)
- Time up
- about 9 husually 2 days
- Difficulty
- T3Demanding: exposed spots, some easy scrambling
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Champagne Castle weather
Tonight · Clear · 4°C (39°F) · Wind 8 km/h SW
Champagne Castle forecast for the summit, about 3,377 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,512 m.
- Tonight4°–8 km/h SWBase 14°
- Today5°13°0.3 mm28 km/h NWBase 15 / 23°
- Sun5°15°0.7 mm29 km/h WBase 16 / 27°
- Mon6°13°8.3 mm32 km/h NWBase 17 / 25°
- Tue1°14°0.3 mm17 km/h WBase 12 / 25°
- Wed3°11°0.2 mm4 km/h NEBase 13 / 18°
- Thu4°10°0.5 mm9 km/h NEBase 14 / 20°
- Fri6°12°0.8 mm9 km/h NEBase 16 / 22°
- Sat10°17°0.2 mm8 km/h SBase 20 / 28°
- Sun6°13°5.0 mm9 km/h NBase 16 / 23°
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.
Camping & parking near Champagne Castle
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Champagne Castle, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Keith Bush Camp
All mapped places 3
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Keith Bush CampCampsite | 3.0 km NNE |
| Campsite | 4.9 km NE |
| Campsite | 7.9 km SSE |
How steep is the route to Champagne Castle?
The easiest mapped route, 19.9 km from 1,512 m to 3,377 m. Steepest stretch: 39°.
- 0–15°17.6 km
- 15–30°1.7 km
- 30–45°0.6 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 200 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Champagne Castle summit.
Summit list 9
- 1Ships Prow3,325 m 0.6 km SW
- 2Botlolong3,333 m 1.1 km SW
- 3Cowl View3,318 m 1.4 km N
- 4Champagne Castle Buttress3,206 m 1.5 km ENE
- 5Thabana-Ts'oana3,346 m 1.6 km WSW
- 6Mhlwazini3,305 m 1.8 km N
- 7Starboard3,261 m 1.9 km SSE
- 8Monk's Cowl3,229 m 2.0 km NE
- 9iNkosazana Peak3,318 m 2.4 km NW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 107 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Phofung River Frog8
- Speckled Rock Skink5
- Common Crag Lizard5
- Common Protea4
- Drakensberg Dwarf Chameleon3
- Gaudy Commodore3
Where Champagne Castle sits
- Region
- KwaZulu-Natal5South Africa23Africa69
Nearby places
How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,376 m at the summit; the official height is 3,377 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 3,377 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 3,376 m | -1 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 3,372 m | -5 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-03-11)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia