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Yellow River Stone Forest 黄河石林Huánghé Shílín
4A scenic area · Baiyin, Gansu
- Time needed
- Half a day to a full day
- Days to budget
- 1 day
- City
- Baiyin
- Region
- Gansu
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Yellow River Stone Forest
A national geopark on a bend of the Yellow River in Jingtai, where conglomerate beds about 2.1 million years old have been eroded into pillars and spires mostly 80–100 m tall, packed into some 10 km² of gullies. Visitors explore the Yinma Gorge and riverside viewpoints and can ride the river on traditional sheepskin rafts, and the cliffs have served as a backdrop for many Chinese films and TV dramas.
How to get to Yellow River Stone Forest
About two hours by road north-east of Lanzhou, or just over an hour from Jingtai town.
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