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Protected area · Free State
Sterkfontein Dam Nature Reserve
Sterkfontein Dam Nature Reserve is a protected area in Free State, about 17 km south-west of Harrismith.
—km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
17 kmsouth-west of Harrismith
Facts
- Type
- Protected area
- Province
- Free State
- District
- Thabo Mofutsanyane
- Local municipality
- Maluti a Phofung
- IUCN category
- Ia — strict nature reserve
- Coordinates
- -28.4000, 29.0333
- Nearest large town
- Harrismith, 17 km south-west
- Wikipedia articles
- 2 languages
Sources: Wikidata Q7611341 · official website · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Witzieshoek NaturellereserweNature reserve28 km south-west
- QwaQwa National ParkNational park30 km west
- Rugged Glen Nature ReserveNature reserve31 km south
Royal Natal National ParkNature reserve · 61 km²33 km south- Upper Wilge Protected EnvironmentProtected area43 km north-east
Golden Gate Highlands National ParkNational park · 116 km²43 km west
Address and visiting
Listed addressClose to Sterkfonten resort, iNtabazwedestea.gov.za
From business listings compiled from public map and web sources, checked October 2026.
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Sterkfontein Dam Nature Reserve
32 mammal and 2 879 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
- Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis677
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca205
- Pied StarlingLamprotornis bicolor60
- Southern Bald IbisGeronticus calvus59
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis59
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris58
- Long-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes progne55
- Pied CrowCorvus albus49
- Cape CrowCorvus capensis42
- Ant-eating ChatMyrmecocichla formicivora39
- Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix38
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea37
- Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus36
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus35
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.