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Dongping National Forest Park 东平国家森林公园Dōngpíng Guójiā Sēnlín Gōngyuán
4A scenic area · Shanghai, Shanghai
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Shanghai
- Region
- Shanghai
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Dongping National Forest Park
A 3.55 km² planted forest on reclaimed land in northern Chongming, begun as a state forest farm in 1959 and opened to visitors in 1989. Paths run through dawn redwoods around Shuishan Lake to themed gardens of bamboo, maples, osmanthus, plum and cherry and a wisteria walk about a kilometre long, and there is an RV and camping area with barbecue grounds.
How to get to Dongping National Forest Park
In northern Chongming Island, about 12 km from the district seat at Nanmen and roughly 1.5–2 hours by road from central Shanghai.
Nearby
- Lujiazui 陆家嘴 50 km
Shanghai's skyline in a loop of river: spheres, a twisting tower and the Bund opposite - The Bund & Lujiazui Skyline 外滩与陆家嘴 50 km
1920s banks on one bank of the river, a sci-fi skyline on the other - Shanghai Museum 上海博物馆 50 km
Ancient Chinese bronzes, ceramics, painting and jade, now shown at Shanghai Museum East - Yu Garden & City God Temple 豫园与城隍庙 50 km
A Ming-dynasty garden of rockeries and dragon walls beside a Taoist city temple - Former French Concession 原法租界 50 km
Plane-tree streets, garden villas and shikumen lanes for Shanghai's best city walk
Also within 20 km: Jiangnan Sanmin Culture Village 江南三民文化村 (under 10 km), Qianwei Eco-Village 前卫村 (under 10 km), Gaojiazhuang Eco-Park 高家庄生态园 (under 10 km).
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