Graskop

Graskop
Shops along the main street of Graskop
Graskop Graskop
Coordinates: 24°55′54″S 30°50′30″E
Country	South Africa
Province	Mpumalanga
District	Ehlanzeni
Municipality	Thaba Chweu
Area
• Total	35.01 km2 (13.52 sq mi)
Elevation	1,436 m (4,711 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	3,996
• Density	110/km2 (300/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	61.2%
• Coloured	13.0%
• Indian/Asian	0.9%
• White	22.9%
• Other	2.0%
First languages (2011)
• Afrikaans	29.4%
• Northern Sotho	22.0%
• Sotho	14.8%
• English	10.9%
• Other	22.8%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	1270
PO box	1270
Area code	013

Graskop is a small town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa. It was set up in the 1880s as a gold mining camp but it now serves as a tourist destination and the timber industry. “God’s Window”, a scenic view from the escarpment of the Lowveld below, is located outside the town. Graskop is also home to one of the biggest mounds of sawdust in the world, located in the eastern side of Graskop. Tourists regularly come to see the attraction and pay up to ZAR50 for the chance to see the one of the biggest, stable sawdust piles in the world. Small bags are available to collect souvenirs.

Graskop is 14 km south-east of Pilgrim's Rest and 28 km north of Sabie. It was laid out between 1880 and 1890 on a farm belonging to Abel Erasmus, Native Commissioner of the Transvaal Republic. The name is Afrikaans for grassy hillock. Originally it was a mining camp. It is the best place to view the "Edge of the Lowveld", with a sudden drop of 700 metres.

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  Potholes at Bourke's Luck near Graskop.
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  The Berlin Falls near Graskop.
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  "The Pinnacle" near Graskop.
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  "God's Window" near Graskop.

External links

• Graskop travel guide from Wikivoyage