Graskop is a small town situated along the R532 and R533 Regional Routes in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.
The town was set up in the 1880s as a gold mining camp but it now serves as a tourist destination and the timber industry. “God’s Window”, a scenic view from the escarpment of the Lowveld below, is located outside Graskop.
Graskop is situated 14 km south-east of Pilgrim’s Rest and 28 km north of Sabie. It was laid out between 1880 and 1890 on a farm belonging to Abel Erasmus, Native Commissioner of the Transvaal Republic.
The name is Afrikaans for grassy hillock. Originally it was a mining camp. It is the best place to view the “Edge of the Lowveld”, with a sudden drop of 700 metres.
Graskop is part of the Thaba Chweu Local Municipality under the Ehlanzeni District Municipality in Mpumalanga province.
