Park of China
Overview
| Designation | National Park of China (first batch) |
| Province | Beijing |
| Location | Yanqing and Changping districts, north-west of central Beijing |
| Latitude, longitude | 40.33, 116.12 Google Maps |
| Nearby sites | The Summer Palace, Beijing 40km, The Forbidden City (Palace Museum), Beijing 51km, The Temple of Heaven, Beijing 56km, Chengde Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples 170km Search nearby |
| Includes | Badaling (the Great Wall and Juyongguan), Ming Tombs |
| Nearby cities | Beijing, Yanqing, Changping |
| Themes | Ancient Building, City Wall, Tomb, Culture, Passes & fortifications, Imperial palaces & gardens, Hiking & climbing |
About
The Badaling–Ming Tombs Scenic Area, north-west of central Beijing, was named in the first batch of national scenic areas by the State Council in 1982. It has two parts, about 20 km apart:
Badaling: the Great Wall at Badaling in Yanqing District and Juyongguan Pass in Changping District, the best-known stretch of the Great Wall.
Ming Tombs: the tombs of thirteen Ming emperors below Tianshou Mountain in northern Changping, inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2003 as part of “Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties”.
Travel tips
Getting there: for Badaling, take the Beijing–Zhangjiakou high-speed railway to Badaling Great Wall Station, or suburban line S2; for the Ming Tombs, take metro Changping Line and a bus to Changling or Dingling.
Time: both can be done in a day, Badaling in the morning and the tombs in the afternoon; allow a full day for the tombs and the Sacred Way.
Season: spring and autumn are best; Badaling is crowded in summer, and windy in winter.
More photos
Photo credits: Badaling: CEphoto, Uwe Aranas (CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons); Ming Tombs: Jiaqian AirplaneFan (CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons)
Nearby
| World Heritage | Badaling Great Wall 9km, The Summer Palace, Beijing 40km, The Forbidden City (Palace Museum), Beijing 51km |
| National parks | Stone Flower Cave 61km, Mount Pan 101km, Yesanpo 113km, Mount Heng (Northern Sacred Mountain) 194km |
| Detailed guides | Shidu 92km |
| AAAAA attractions | Mutianyu Great Wall Tourist Area 10km, Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) 39km, Olympic Park 43km, Prince Gong's Mansion Scenic Area 49km |
| AAAA attractions | Juyongguan Great Wall 7km, Yinshan Pagoda Forest 18km, Beijing Huanghuacheng Water Great Wall Scenic Area 18km, Beijing Horticultural Expo Park 19km |
| UNESCO Global Geoparks | Yanqing UNESCO Global Geopark 17km |
| Cities | Beijing 53km |
| Historical sites | Cloud Terrace at Juyongguan 6km, Jingzhang Railway: Nankou to Badaling Section 10km, Tomb of Prince Chun 28km |
| National geoparks | Yanqing Petrified Wood National Geopark 47km, Jizhou National Geopark 113km, Xinglong National Geopark 142km |
| Nature reserves | Songshan National Nature Reserve 32km, Dahaituo National Nature Reserve 37km, Baihuashan National Nature Reserve 68km, Xiaowutaishan National Nature Reserve 111km |
| Historic villages | Zhenbiancheng Village 31km, Liuliqu Village 40km, Lingshui Village 49km |