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Nature reserve · Gauteng
Montgomery Vlei
Montgomery Vlei is listed as nature preserve near Randburg, in City of Johannesburg municipality, Gauteng — about 8 km north-west of Johannesburg. The nearest other area in the directory is Melville Koppies, 2 km south-east.
8 kmnorth-west of Johannesburg
2 kmto the nearest listed area
79species with records nearby
yesopening hours listed
AddressJohn Adamson Dr, Franklin Roosevelt Park, Randburg, 2195, South Africa
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Listed as
- Nature preserve
- Province
- Gauteng
- District
- City of Johannesburg
- Local municipality
- City of Johannesburg
- Town
- Randburg 2195
- Coordinates
- -26.1577, 27.9826
- Nearest large town
- Johannesburg, 8 km north-west
- Website
- not listed
Opening hours
| Monday | 08:00–18:00 |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 08:00–18:00 |
| Wednesday | 08:00–18:00 |
| Thursday | 08:00–18:00 |
| Friday | 08:00–18:00 |
| Saturday | 08:00–18:00 |
| Sunday | 08:00–18:00 |
Weekly hours, as published in business listings checked October 2026. Gate times change with the season — check before you travel.
Sources: business listings compiled from public map and web sources, checked October 2026 · municipality: geoBoundaries (CC BY 3.0 IGO) · province: Natural Earth
Nearby
- Melville KoppiesNature reserve · 2 km²2 km south-east
- The Wilds Nature ReserveNature reserve7 km east
- Kloofendal Nature ReserveNature reserve11 km west
- Rotary ParkNature reserve15 km east
- Rietfontein Nature ReserveNature reserve15 km north
- Walter Sisulu National Botanical GardenBotanical garden16 km north-west
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Montgomery Vlei
17 mammal and 29 498 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
Birds
- Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus6 826
- Dark-capped BulbulPycnonotus tricolor1 744
- Orange River White-eyeZosterops pallidus1 519
- White-rumped SwiftApus caffer1 194
- Cape SparrowPasser melanurus821
- Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix712
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis694
- Cape Robin-ChatCossypha caffra675
- Olive ThrushTurdus olivaceus586
- Little SwiftApus affinis502
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash498
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris496
- Karoo ThrushTurdus smithi456
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus445
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.