Beijing Labagou
Virgin Forest Park
Located in the core
area of the virgin forest of Labagou Manzu County, Huairou District, Beijing
Labagou Virgin Forest Park is 150 kilometers from the downtown of Beijing and
100 kilometers away from the center of Huairou District. It has obvious location
advantages, for it’s adjacent to National Highway No. 111 and Bashang Grassland
in Hebei Province, and enjoys rare and unique tourism resources. With the whole
area of 45 square kilometers and 60 kilometers of tour paths, the park can be
divided into three parts for sightseeing, namely, Nanhou Peak, Baizhang Cliff
and Glacier Area .
With vast areas of
hills and numerous trees, Labagou Virgin Forest Park has fresh air and
fascinating scenery. In the deep forest, some mysteries of natural science are
still veiled. The altitude of the whole virgin forest is between 700 meters and
1700 meters above the sea level. The highest peak, Nanhou Peak, is 1705 meters
high, and it is also the highest in Huairou District. Because of its high
altitude and its forest climate, it’s cool in summer, and the average
temperature stays at about 22℃ even in the hottest month with sharp difference
of temperature between the day and the night. At the end of September, there are
brilliant and colorful fall foliage owing to its high altitude and thus short
frost-free period. Covered by over 90% of primitive forest area, Labagou Virgin Forest
Park still maintains a
diversified multi-layer primitive forest, ranging from wetland moss to tree.
There are more than 600 kinds of plant species, including the only remaining
primordial oak forest in Beijing, the most widespread birches and alpine
cuckoo, a large area of aspen, Chinese pine, maple, purple birch, larch, and
many rare species including wild walnut Chinese catalpa, phellodendron amurense
and tilia amurensis. The Forest Park is an ideal home for wildlife to thrive
with the deep quiet environment, the vast forest and the rich food provided by
the forest vegetation. Retaining more than 300 kinds of wild animals, the Forest
Park is a kingdom of biological diversity. Labagou Virgin
Forest Park is the first choice for summer resort of natural ecological
sightseeing and a car camp for leisure with its unique geographical landscape
and intact forest ecological environment.