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SaveThe meteorite impact that happened in the Free State made a crater that was about 300 km wide (from Johannesburg to Welkom). This is the biggest meteorite impact that geologists have yet found on Earth and it is nearly twice as big as the impact that killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. This makes it a site of great importance for scientists. It is also the oldest impact crater that has been found on Earth. It is mainly for these reasons that it has been made a World Heritage Site.
Over many decades, geologists from South Africa and other parts of the world have been studying the broken and melted rocks around Parys and Vredefort to understand this Vredefort Impact Even. This is what they have found:
1. The meteorite impact happened about 2023 million years ago, at a time when there were no people or even animals of plants like we see today. The only living thing was a type of algae, like the green slime seen in dams today.
2. To make a crater 300 km wide, the meteorite must have been about 10 km across (as big as a mountain) and travelling at more than 10 km per second (36 000 km/h!).
3. The Vredefort Dome is only the central part of the impact crater. It is called a dome because the rock layers were bent into the shape of an upside-down bowl 90km across by the impact.
Over many decades, geologists from South Africa and other parts of the world have been studying the broken and melted rocks around Parys and Vredefort to understand this Vredefort Impact Even. This is what they have found:
1. The meteorite impact happened about 2023 million years ago, at a time when there were no people or even animals of plants like we see today. The only living thing was a type of algae, like the green slime seen in dams today.
2. To make a crater 300 km wide, the meteorite must have been about 10 km across (as big as a mountain) and travelling at more than 10 km per second (36 000 km/h!).
3. The Vredefort Dome is only the central part of the impact crater. It is called a dome because the rock layers were bent into the shape of an upside-down bowl 90km across by the impact.
source: Vredefort Dome Website
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- Vredefort Dome Tourism Assiciation facebook Page
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- Mountain Bike
75 trails
- E-Bike
49 trails
- Hike
98 trails
- Trail Running
98 trails
- ATV/ORV/OHV
7 trails
Region Details
- 44
- 12
- 9
- 1
Region Status
Open as of Sep 1, 2024Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 104
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 75
- Trails E-Bike
- 49
- Trails Horse
- 3
- Trails Hike
- 98
- Trails Trail Running
- 98
- Trails Dirtbike/Moto
- 3
- Trails Observed Trials
- 1
- Trails ATV/ORV/OHV
- 7
- Total Distance
- 272 miles
- Total Descent Distance
- 134 miles
- Total Descent
- 21,441 ft
- Total Vertical
- 1,139 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 5,450 ft
- Reports
- 57
- Photos
- 2
- Ridden Counter
- 334
Sub Regions
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Berakah Quad & MTB Trails
- 1
- 7
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Deelfontein Mountain Biking & Hiking in the Vredefort Dome
- 9
- 2
- 1
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Koedoeslaagte Trail Park & Venue
- 3
- 4
- 1
- 1
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Komandonek Game Reserve
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Thwane Bush Camp Hiking Trails
Popular Vredefort Dome Mountain Biking Trails
Vredefort Dome Mountain Bike Routes
| title | rating | distance |
|---|---|---|
| full Komandonek | 9 miles |
Recent Trail Reports
| status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Witklipfontein Access | Oct 29, 2020 @ 9:08am Oct 29, 2020 | Ideal | WillieJacobsz Trailforks | ||
| Plaaspad 005 | Oct 29, 2020 @ 9:08am Oct 29, 2020 | Ideal | WillieJacobsz Trailforks | ||
| Plaaspad 004 | Oct 29, 2020 @ 9:08am Oct 29, 2020 | Ideal | WillieJacobsz Trailforks | ||
| Plaaspad 003a | Oct 29, 2020 @ 9:08am Oct 29, 2020 | Ideal | WillieJacobsz Trailforks | ||
| Plaaspad 003 | Oct 29, 2020 @ 9:08am Oct 29, 2020 | Ideal | WillieJacobsz Trailforks | ||
| Plaaspad 002 | Oct 29, 2020 @ 9:08am Oct 29, 2020 | Ideal | WillieJacobsz Trailforks | ||
| Plaaspad 001 | Oct 29, 2020 @ 9:08am Oct 29, 2020 | Ideal | WillieJacobsz Trailforks | ||
| MTB 011 | Oct 29, 2020 @ 9:08am Oct 29, 2020 | Ideal | WillieJacobsz Trailforks | ||
| MTB 010 | Oct 29, 2020 @ 9:08am Oct 29, 2020 | Ideal | WillieJacobsz Trailforks | ||
| MTB 009 | Oct 29, 2020 @ 9:08am Oct 29, 2020 | Ideal | WillieJacobsz Trailforks |
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alasdairg | add | report | activity #58192313 | Sep 1, 2024 @ 10:54pm Sep 1, 2024 |
| oaksterb | comment | event | activity #58161501 | Sep 1, 2024 @ 10:17am Sep 1, 2024 |
| MalkaEnerWV | rsvp | event | activity #57665787 | Aug 23, 2024 @ 2:48am Aug 23, 2024 |
| mamalukia88 | add | event | activity #49672342 and 2 more | Mar 4, 2024 @ 3:02am Mar 4, 2024 |
| MuddyfootTrailforks | add | event | activity #35745783 | Nov 30, 2022 @ 5:46am Nov 30, 2022 |
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Activity Type Stats
| activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
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| Mountain Bike | 75 | 226 miles | 12,897 ft | 112 miles | 945 ft | #2,516 | #35 | 1 | 57 | 1 | 676 | |
| E-Bike | 49 | 209 miles | 9,931 ft | 104 miles | 945 ft | #1,033 | #28 | 57 | 5 | |||
| Horse | 3 | 8 miles | 269 ft | 4 miles | 249 ft | 42 | ||||||
| Hike | 98 | 259 miles | 19,724 ft | 128 miles | 1,138 ft | #2,005 | #28 | 57 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Trail Running | 98 | 259 miles | 19,724 ft | 128 miles | 1,138 ft | #2,014 | #29 | 57 | 52 | |||
| Dirtbike/Moto | 3 | 10 miles | 735 ft | 4 miles | 285 ft | 42 | ||||||
| Observed Trials | 1 | 5 miles | 115 ft | 2 miles | 52 ft | 1 | 42 | |||||
| ATV/ORV/OHV | 7 | 12 miles | 1,086 ft | 4 miles | 285 ft | #5 | 42 |
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