Tianqiaogou National Forest Park
A forest park famed for its maples, whose late-autumn red-leaf season is the benchmark for maple viewing in eastern Liaoning: peaks, ravines and primeval forest interlace, with wooden boardwalks and viewing platforms
Visitor info
- Opening hours
- 07:30-17:00
- Ticket
- approx. CNY 100
Price is indicative — final quote on inquiry.
A forest park famed for its maples, whose late-autumn red-leaf season is the benchmark for maple viewing in eastern Liaoning: peaks, ravines and primeval forest interlace, with wooden boardwalks and viewing platforms. According to records, Yang Jingyu's troops of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army once operated in these mountains, and the park retains memorial sites of the resistance force. The four seasons are distinct—spring outings, summer cool retreats, autumn maples, winter rime—and the park is far from downtown Dandong, best suited to self-drive and photography trips.
Getting there: Shuangshanzi Town, Kuandian County; approx. 2.5 hours self-drive from Dandong
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