Golden Harvest Park

Access via Maple Drive off Olivenhout (traffic lights on Olivenhout between Northgate and Banbury Cross), Northwold

Johannesburg is full of beautiful surprises. Many of the parks and nature reserves are true treasures that we, the citizens of Joburg, can justifiably be proud of. Most people, I am sure, will probably never have heard of Golden Harvest Park and it is not surprising when one considers that there are more than 2500 parks and open spaces within the city. Golden Harvest Park is situated in Northwold, close to the Coca Cola Dome and is one of the largest public open spaces in the northern Suburbs of the municipality.

         
 

The park was established by the then Randburg Municipality in 1972 as a 'green lung' for its people and with the reorganization of local government, became part of the open spaces of Johannesburg City Parks.

  
 
         
 
 

The park offers opportunities for various forms of recreation, including walking, fishing and mountain biking. A stroll around the main dam can be very pleasant. The geese will come and inspect you as interlopers in their preciously guarded domain. Away from the dam there are also some interesting natural bush areas to explore.

  
         
 

There is also a play area for the children with climbing apparatus to delight the most adventurous of kids.

  
 
         
 
 

City Parks have a regional office in the park along with a depot. There are also braai facilities and a lapa that can be booked by groups

  
         
 

There are well paved roads in the park and visitors are requested to keep to these. There is no entrance charge to Golden Harvest Park

Conclusion

Another place to visit when you are in town and looking for somewhere to go and something to do. Golden Harvest may well surprise you by what it has to offer.

  

 

  

 

Security

Golden Harvest Park is fully fenced. No incidents of crime to visitors to the park have ever been reported, it should however be remembered that it is a public open space and as such basic precautions should be adhered to. Try to walk in a small group of people. Leave all your valuables at home. Always be conscious of what is going on around you. Johannesburg City Parks and the Friends of Golden Harvest Park try to make your visit to the park a safe and pleasant occasion but in common with parks and public open spaces throughout the world, there is always risks. The onus is on the individual to ensure his or her own safety.

Contacts

Friends of Golden Harvest Park

Po Box 133, Sundowner 2161

E-mail foghp@eject.co.za

Johannesburg City Parks

Under whose jurisdiction the trail falls

+27 (0) 11 712 6600

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