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Yangmingshan National Forest Park 阳明山Yángmíng Shān
4A scenic area · Yongzhou, Hunan
About Yangmingshan National Forest Park
A mountain forest park in north-eastern Shuangpai County, a national forest park since 1992, rising to about 1,625 m. Its upper slopes carry more than 100,000 mu (some 6,700 ha) of wild azaleas that flower in spring, among forest with rare conifers such as Chinese Douglas fir and southern yew. The developed areas take in the azalea slopes, Wanshou Temple, Wanhe Lake and the source of the Xiaohuang River, and the park also has sites linked to the Red Army's Sixth Army Group on the Long March.
How to get to Yangmingshan National Forest Park
Reached by mountain road, roughly 1½ hours from Lingling or from Shuangpai county town.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Sangonglei Waterfalls 三公垒瀑布群 (20 km).
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