Badaling National Forest Park

Badaling National Forest Park

Badaling National Forest Park is a national AA-level tourist attraction, a national forest park, and a science education base.

Beijing’s Badaling National Forest Park is situated between the Badaling and Juyongguan sections of the Great Wall, like a brilliant jewel in the green barrier of the city’s suburbs, located at a crucial northwest fortress of the capital. The park covers a total area of 2,940 hectares, with its highest peak at an altitude of 1,238 meters, and hosts 539 plant species and 158 animal species. With a forest greening rate of 96%, it is one of the areas in Beijing with a relatively complete and typical vertical forest distribution.

The park offers picturesque scenery throughout the four seasons: in spring, mountain flowers bloom in vibrant profusion, exuding boundless vitality; in summer, layers of verdant peaks are shrouded in mist like a coiling emerald dragon; in autumn, the mountains are ablaze with red foliage, with forests painted in rich hues; and in winter, snow-covered peaks twist like silver snakes as the jade-like dragon of the mountain awakens to spring.

The park’s main scenic areas include Red Leaf Ridge Scenic Area, Green Dragon Valley Scenic Area, Lilac Valley Scenic Area, and Stone Gorge Scenic Area. It is home to the largest natural secondary forest of Manchurian lilac in North China, numerous rest woods on valley floors and terraces, the “zigzag” railway—the first railway built in China by Zhan Tianyou—as well as over 30 of the 72 scenic spots of Guan’gou. The park is equipped with user-friendly forest leisure service facilities.

The park provides you with high-quality ecological education and premium forest leisure services, offering a wide range of outdoor recreational activities to meet your personalized needs. Here, you can escape the hustle and bustle, get close to nature, breathe the freshest air freely, stroll on soft carpets of pine needles, and experience the unique sense of vastness and timelessness beneath the ancient Great Wall. Your body and mind will find exceptional relaxation in the embrace of the forest, and your inspiration will burst forth amid the fragrant surroundings.

The park offers supporting sports, leisure, wellness, and entertainment facilities, as well as group dining, accommodation, training, and conference reception services. It takes only 40 minutes to reach the park from downtown via the Badaling Expressway, or you can take a direct train to the park.

Scenic Area Rating: 3A

Scenic Area Category: Natural

Opening Hours: Morning: 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Address: Badaling Forest Farm, Beijing (2 km south of the Badaling Great Wall entrance)

Phone: 81181560, 81181458, 81181918, 81181468

Website: http://www.bdlfp.com

Price: 25 RMB per person

Transportation

By Car: Take the Beijing–Lhasa Expressway, exit at Shuiguan Great Wall, then drive 2.5 km north

By Public Transport: Take Bus No. 919 to Badaling Great Wall Station, then walk 2.3 km south