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Baiyun Mountain 白云山Báiyún Shān
5A scenic area · Luoyang, Henan
- Time needed
- 1–2 days
- Days to budget
- 1½ days
- City
- Luoyang
- Region
- Henan
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 5A scenic area
About Baiyun Mountain
A high forested part of the Funiu range in southern Song County, on the watershed of the Yangtze, Yellow and Huai rivers, protected as a national forest park and nature reserve. Its summit, Yuhuang Peak (2,216 m), is a sunrise and sea-of-clouds viewpoint, and the area has the Jiulong Falls, about 100 m high, pools, a granite 'little Huangshan' ridge and primeval forest. It became a 5A scenic area in 2011.
How to get to Baiyun Mountain
In southern Song County, roughly 3 hours by road south of Luoyang; the visitor centre is by the Baiyun Mountain exit of the Zhengzhou–Luanchuan Expressway.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Longyuwan National Forest Park 龙峪湾 (10 km), Yangzigou Scenic Area 养子沟 (20 km), Mount Laojun and Jiguan Cave 老君山·鸡冠洞 (20 km), Luanchuan Huilan Orchid Culture Park 栾川蕙兰文化产业园 (20 km).
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