Nature reserve · Gauteng
Melville Koppies
Melville Koppies is a nature reserve in Gauteng, about 7 km north-west of Johannesburg. It covers 1,60 km² — number 6 by size of the 15 Gauteng areas with a recorded size. Proclaimed or established in 1959.
1,6km² recorded size
1959year established
1 719 melevation of the point
7 kmnorth-west of Johannesburg
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Province
- Gauteng
- District
- City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality
- Local municipality
- City of Johannesburg
- Size
- 1,60 km² · 160 ha
- Rank by size
- 92 of 115 nationally · 6 in Gauteng
- Established
- 1959
- Elevation
- 1 719 m
- Coordinates
- -26.1702, 27.9933
- Nearest large town
- Johannesburg, 7 km north-west
- Wikipedia articles
- 2 languages
Sources: Wikidata Q31953891 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Montgomery VleiNature reserve2 km north-west
- The Wilds Nature ReserveNature reserve6 km east
- Kloofendal Nature ReserveNature reserve12 km north-west
- Rotary ParkNature reserve14 km east
Klipriviersberg Nature ReserveNature reserve15 km south- Rietfontein Nature ReserveNature reserve16 km north
Address and visiting
Listed address4 Judith Rd, Emmarentia, Randburg, 2195mk.org.za
From business listings compiled from public map and web sources, checked October 2026.
Opening hours
| Monday | Closed |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | Closed |
| Wednesday | Closed |
| Thursday | Closed |
| Friday | Closed |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
Weekly hours, as published in business listings checked October 2026. Gate times change with the season — check before you travel.
GBIF records within 2 km
Wildlife recorded around Melville Koppies
3 mammal and 23 550 bird occurrence records within 2 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Birds
- Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus6 220
- Dark-capped BulbulPycnonotus tricolor1 736
- Orange River White-eyeZosterops pallidus1 519
- White-rumped SwiftApus caffer1 144
- Cape SparrowPasser melanurus641
- Olive ThrushTurdus olivaceus579
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis547
- Cape Robin-ChatCossypha caffra525
- Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix459
- Little SwiftApus affinis448
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris402
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash330
- Karoo ThrushTurdus smithi325
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus296
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.