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Yuntai Mountain 云台山Yúntái Shān
5A scenic area · Jiaozuo, Henan
About Yuntai Mountain
A 190 km² scenic area of red-rock gorges, sheer cliff walls, waterfalls and pools in the southern Taihang Mountains, part of the Yuntai Mountain UNESCO Global Geopark, rising to 1,308 m at Zhuyu Peak. Besides gorges such as Red Stone Gorge it takes in the Fenglin Gorge reservoir behind a 100 m stone arch dam, the 4 km Zifang Lake and a valley of wild Taihang macaques. The same 5A listing covers Shennong Mountain in Qinyang and the Qingtianhe gorges in Bo'ai, which make further day trips.
How to get to Yuntai Mountain
In northern Xiuwu County, about an hour by road north of central Jiaozuo.
Nearby
- Wanxian Mountain (Guoliang) 万仙山 40 km
A village that hand-cut a road through the cliff face - Taihang Grand Canyon 太行山大峡谷 60 km
Sheer gorges in the Taihang Mountains, explored by boat, cliff path and cable car
Also within 20 km: Baijiayan Temple Pagoda 百家岩寺塔 (under 10 km), Shanling Mausoleum of Emperor Xian of Han 汉献帝禅陵 (10 km), Baoquan Scenic Area 宝泉 (10 km), Baiyun Temple, Huixian 白云寺 (20 km), Yaowang Temple, Jiaozuo 药王庙 (20 km).
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