Distance from Main to Honeydew

N Main → Honeydew
Road distance
541.3 km
Highway dominant · M5 / M94 / N1 / N3
Main to Honeydew is a full long-distance road trip, covering about 541.3 km in roughly 6 hrs 42 min.
Geodesic Direct point-to-point reference
443.1 km
Road multiplier Route-to-direct distance ratio
1.22×
Navigation steps Instruction count in route set
28
Info Travel board
Travel time
6 hrs 42 min
End point
Apple Street
Return: 13 hrs 26 min
Rolling runtime Engine-calculated drive duration
402 min
Average velocity Distance over route runtime
80.6 km/h
Stop-adjusted ETA 3 planned rest stops
7 hrs 27 min
Fuel Service sign
Estimated fuel cost - 7.2 L/100km
93 Petrol R26.52 / litre
R1,033.67
95 Petrol R26.63 / litre
R1,037.96
Diesel 500ppm R32.30 / litre
R1,258.96
Diesel 50ppm R32.50 / litre
R1,266.76
93 Petrol R26.52 / litre
R1,363.88
95 Petrol R26.63 / litre
R1,369.53
Diesel 500ppm R32.30 / litre
R1,661.13
Diesel 50ppm R32.50 / litre
R1,671.42
93 Petrol R26.52 / litre
R1,794.57
95 Petrol R26.63 / litre
R1,802.02
Diesel 500ppm R32.30 / litre
R2,185.70
Diesel 50ppm R32.50 / litre
R2,199.23
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🧭 Route vector
Compass bearing
332° NNW
Forward azimuth heading
Return heading Reverse azimuth
152° SSE
Coordinate delta Lat / Lon shift
North-East
Start coords Origin point
-29.6271, 29.9874
End coords Destination point
-26.0822, 27.9278
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Route class Operational trip category
Local shared
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Main → Honeydew
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Car
541.3 km
6 hrs 42 min
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541.3 km
~8 hrs 19 min
65 km/h avg
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Nearby places

Places in Honeydew

Fuel stops, shops, restaurants and services in and around Main and Honeydew.

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Supermarkets 0.2 km

Planet Nails

Blueberry Street, Roodepoort
🛒
Supermarkets 0.3 km

Freshouse Market

Blueberry Street Blueberry Square, Roodepoort, 2040
💊
Pharmacies 0.3 km

Clicks

Blueberry Street Blueberry Square, Roodepoort, 2040
🛒
Supermarkets 0.4 km

Woolworths

Blueberry Street Blueberry Square, Roodepoort, 2040
🛒
Supermarkets 0.4 km

Flowers @Blueberry

Blueberry Street Blueberry Square, Roodepoort, 2040
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Shopping malls 0.4 km

Blueberry Square

Blueberry Street, Roodepoort
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Supermarkets 0.4 km

West pack

Blueberry Street Blueberry Square, Roodepoort, 2040
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Supermarkets 0.5 km

Checkers

Blueberry Street Blueberry Square, Roodepoort, 1724, Gauteng
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Gym & fitness 0.5 km

Eagle Canyon Golf Estate Entrance

Eagle Canyon Boulevard
🛒
Convenience store 0.9 km

Quickshop

5 Beyers Naude Drive, Roodepoort
Convenience store 0.9 km

Shell Select

2188, Gauteng
🏫
Schools & education 1.0 km

Newton House Elite High School

Taurus Road
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Professional services 1.2 km

Valsa Trading

1500 Zeiss Road, Roodepoort Laser Park, 2170
🏫
Schools & education 1.4 km

Trinityhouse School

23 Knoppiesdoring Street, Randpark Ridge, 2169
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Convenience store 1.9 km

Bonjour

Randburg, 2188
🎁
Gifts & hobbies 1.9 km

Tops at Spar

Randburg, Gauteng
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Clothing & fashion 2.5 km

PEP

John Voster Street, Johannesburg, 2156, Gauteng
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Gym & fitness 2.8 km

Jackal Creek Golf Estate

Elbertha Road
🎁
Gifts & hobbies 3.0 km

Tops at Spar

Roodepoort, Gauteng
🏦
Banks 3.0 km

FNB

Olievenhout Avenue, Johannesburg
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Clothing & fashion 3.0 km

Woolworths

Northumberland Avenue, Johannesburg, 2194
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Beauty & wellness 3.0 km

Sabrina's

5 Kingfisher Place, Bromhof, 2188
Convenience store 3.3 km

Shell Select

2188, Gauteng
🏫
Schools & education 3.4 km

Charter House Prepratory School

10 Erasmus Road, Roodepoort
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Schools & education 3.7 km

My Little School House on the corner

13 Malva Street, Johannesburg
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Clothing & fashion 3.7 km

PEP

Roodepoort, 1724, Gauteng
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Schools & education 3.8 km

Little Jays Nursury School

22 Malva Street, Johannesburg
🎁
Gifts & hobbies 4.0 km

Tops at Spar

93 Randpark Ridge Drive, Randburg, Gauteng
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Professional services 4.2 km

Digital Data System (Pty) Ltd

Arbeid Avenue, Strijdom Park, 2188
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Car services 4.2 km

Harlyn International

4 Sterling Street, Strijdom Park
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Car services 4.6 km

Bikeworx Suzuki Central Services

C.R. Swart Drive, 2169
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Professional services 4.6 km

Fancourt Office Park

9 Felstead Road, Johannesburg, 2196
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Clothing & fashion 4.7 km

so where 2 events

C.R. Swart Drive
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Car services 4.7 km

Kia Motors

Tungsten Road, Johannesburg, 2169
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Gifts & hobbies 4.9 km

LiquorShop Checkers

Johannesburg, 2170, Gauteng
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Car services 4.9 km

Hyundai

🏫
University 5.0 km

IIE MSA

144 Peter Road, Roodepoort, 1724
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Gym & fitness 5.0 km

Decathlon

Cascades Road, Little Falls Roodepoort, 1724
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Home & garden 5.0 km

Leroy Merlin

Hendrik Potgieter Drive, Little Falls Roodepoort, 1724
Convenience store 5.0 km

Shell Select

2125, Gauteng
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Schools & education 5.1 km

PINOCHIO

252 Smit Street
🏫
Schools & education 5.1 km

Agape Christian School

1126 Cornelius Street, Roodepoort, 1709
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Government offices 5.3 km

Randburg Testing Station

5 Hans Schoeman Street
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Home & garden 5.4 km

the farmhouse

848 Lisbon Avenue, roodepoort, 1724
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Clothing & fashion 5.5 km

Pick n Pay Clothing

Struben Valley, 1735, Gauteng
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Beauty & wellness 5.6 km

sallys beauty institute

988 Geldenhuys Street, roodepoort, 1724
🎁
Gifts & hobbies 5.9 km

Loco Liq

Republic Road, Windsor Glen, 2194
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Gym & fitness 6.1 km

Ruimsig Country Club

Hole In One Avenue
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Professional services 6.2 km

Clearview Office Park

72 Wilhelmina Avenue, Roodeport, 1734
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Car services 6.4 km

HailTech

Fairview Drive, Roodeport, 1734
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Clothing & fashion 6.5 km

PEP

Beyers Naude Drive, Randburg, 2195, Gauteng
🎁
Gifts & hobbies 6.6 km

Berario Liquor Store

Arkansas Avenue, Johannesburg, 2195
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Car services 6.9 km

Randburg Motorcycles

3 Rabie Street, Randburg, 2109
🔧
Car services 6.9 km

Suzuki Northcliff

🔧
Car services 7.0 km

Bryanston Executive Cars

252 Main Avenue, Johannesburg
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Route overview

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Start, destination and route line.

541.3 km 403 min
Start Main
Finish Honeydew
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Start point
Destination
Driving route
Navigation sign

Turn-by-turn directions

Route directions
🛣️
Directions from Main to Honeydew via N3 and N1
National highway route N3 N1
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Directions from Main to Honeydew via M94 and M5
Metro arterial routes M94 M5
2 route directions identified on this trip
  1. Start your journey
    0.2 km
  2. Turn left
    2.6 km
  3. Turn right
    0.4 km
  4. Turn right
    5.2 km
  5. At the end of the road, turn left
    35.7 km
  6. Continue straight onto Zeederberg Road
    0.1 km
  7. Take the ramp left towards N3
    0.5 km
  8. Merge slight right
    148.0 km
  9. Continue straight
    251.4 km
  10. Keep slight right at the fork
    53.9 km
  11. Take the exit ramp slight left towards M94: Germiston
    0.5 km
  12. Keep slight left at the fork towards Kritzinger Road
    0.1 km
  13. Go straight onto Kritzinger Road
    1.3 km
  14. Continue straight onto Jan Coetzee Road
    0.9 km
  15. Continue straight onto Van Rensburg Street
    0.4 km
  16. At the end of the road, turn right onto Ring Road East
    0.6 km
  17. Turn right onto Voortrekker Road
    0.3 km
  18. Take the ramp slight left towards Kimberley
    0.5 km
  19. Merge slight right onto Southern Bypass
    15.0 km
  20. Take the exit ramp slight right towards N1: Pretoria
    1.0 km
  21. Keep slight right at the fork towards N1: Pretoria
    1.2 km
  22. Merge slight right onto Western Bypass
    15.9 km
  23. Take the exit ramp slight left towards M5: Northcliff
    0.4 km
  24. Continue straight
    0.3 km
  25. Turn left onto Beyers Naudé Drive
    4.6 km
  26. Turn left onto Blueberry Street
    0.4 km
  27. Turn left onto Apple Street
    0.0 km
  28. You have arrived at your destination
    0.0 km
Navigation sign

Tolls on this route

R
Tolls found 28
Known total R1,345.00
Main toll road N3
This route includes 28 toll points from our database. The strongest toll-road match is N3. 6 Gauteng open-road / gantry toll points are shown as R0.00 because GFIP e-toll charging ended from 12 April 2024.
e-Toll Fiscal
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.267, 28.073
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Tugela
Road: Road not linked yet
R100.00
Tugela
Road: Road not linked yet
R100.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.274, 28.149
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.177, 27.945
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Bergville
Road: Road not linked yet
R30.00
Mooi
Road: Road not linked yet
R70.00
e-Toll Stork
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.259, 28.115
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Bergville
Road: Road not linked yet
R30.00
Mooi Ramp Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R49.00
Wilge
Road: 169
R94.00
Wilge
Road: Road not linked yet
R94.00
Wilge
Road: Road not linked yet
R94.00
Wilge
Road: Road not linked yet
R94.00
De Hoek
Road: Road not linked yet
R67.00
De Hoek
Road: Road not linked yet
R67.00
De Hoek
Road: Road not linked yet
R67.00
De Hoek
Road: Road not linked yet
R67.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.263, 27.976
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Mooi Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R70.00
Mooi Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R70.00
Mooi Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R70.00
Mooi Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R70.00
Treverton Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R21.00
Treverton Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R21.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.131, 27.938
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Stop Stopover sign
Halfway point
271.1 km
Mid-route position Road corridor partition
50 / 50
Time partition Start / finish split
3 hrs 21 min • 3 hrs 21 min
Waypoint reference Nearest route marker
Mid-route reference
Vec Consumption & emissions
Consumption & emissions profile
39.0 L needed
Moderate efficiency • 7.2 L/100km baseline
CO2 emitted Estimated tailpipe output
90.0 kg
Fuel mass Approximate tank weight
29.2 kg
Cost per km Based on 95 Petrol
R1.92
Directness index As-the-crow-flies ratio
81.9%
Solar data
Daylight window at Honeydew
06:43 – 17:26
Outside daylight hours
Solar noonHighest sun position
Total daylightUsable driving light
10 hrs 43 min
Light remainingUntil sunset
Expired
SunriseDawn break
06:43
Fin Tax & wear
Wear & SARS deduction
R2,262.84
Single trip SARS allowance
SARS rate R4.18/km fixed rate
R4.18/km
Tyre wear Estimated tread cost
R10.83
Service wear Oil & filter allocation
R108.27
Total trip wear Excludes fuel & tolls
R2,381.94
Nav Maneuver index
Navigation complexity
Moderate (15)
Turn difficulty rating
Roundabouts Multi-path navigation
0
Lane merges Yield required
3
Complex forks Path selection
3
Highway exits Deceleration zones
3
Route atlas

Atlas Route Specification

Route sheet

ZA-ATLAS
Origin Main -29.62709, 29.98744
Midpoint
271.1 km
Total: 541.3 km
Midpoint 271.1 km
541.3 km 403 min
Destination Honeydew End: Apple Street -26.08222, 27.92778

Route sheet

Route class Resolved South Africa route
Province span South Africa
One-way road span 541.3 km
Return-cycle span 1082.6 km
Traversal time 403 min
Maneuver count 28
Maneuver density 5.2 /100 km
Midpoint chainage 271.1 km

Coordinate frame

Start -29.62709, 29.98744
Midpoint -28.08234, 29.03034
End -26.08222, 27.92778
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Questions 9
How far is Main from Honeydew? +
Main is about 541.3 km from Honeydew by road.
How long does it take from Main to Honeydew? +
The drive usually takes about 403 min depending on traffic, stops, and road conditions.
Is it possible to drive from Main to Honeydew in one day? +
Yes, for many drivers this can be done in one day.
Is taxi available from Main to Honeydew? +
Taxi may be available, but for this route it is better to confirm the latest fare at the local taxi rank.
What's the estimated fuel amount from Main to Honeydew? +
Using an estimated consumption of 7.2 L/100km for this route, 93 Petrol is about R1,033.67 (R26.52 / litre), 95 Petrol is about R1,037.96 (R26.63 / litre), Diesel 500ppm is about R1,258.96 (R32.30 / litre), Diesel 50ppm is about R1,266.76 (R32.50 / litre). Actual fuel spend can vary by vehicle, traffic and driving style.
Are there any tollgates from Main to Honeydew? +
Yes. There are 28 tollgates currently matched for this route.
What is the route verdict for this trip? +
Heavy long-distance trip: This is a serious road trip. Start early, plan rest stops, and consider whether an overnight stay makes more sense.
Is there a long-trip warning on this route? +
This is a long trip. Plan rest stops, avoid driving tired, and be careful with late-night travel.
Is there a road note for this route? +
This is a longer road trip, so a fuel or rest stop is recommended. Take a short break about every 2 hours if possible. National roads appear in this route, so watch for toll signs and busier sections.
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Route Locations

Start area
Main, KwaZulu-Natal
Suburb: Not available
Road: Not available
Postal code: Not available
Destination area
Honeydew
Suburb: Not available
Road: Not available
Postal code: Not available

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