Route: Baihua Mountain - Xiaolongmen Scenic Resort

With the advent of autumn, rolling mountains and vast forests at Mentougou District are tinged with fiery red. At the moment, blue skies, white clouds, rolling mountains and red leaves are basking in each other’s radiance. Autumn is painting a picture of Mentougou District with a riot of color like a deft painter. Come here to enjoy the fiery red leaves!

Reason for Recommendation: climbing a stone path to the mountaintop and overlooking the picturesque fiery red leaves

Baihua Mountain

Located 120km away from the downtown in Mentougou District, Baihua Mountain Nature Reserve enjoys a forest coverage of 90%. With the main peak towering as high as 1,991m, it gets a name for itself as Beijing’s third highest mountain. Notably, it boasts a pleasant climate and unique sceneries featuring rolling mountains, grotesque peaks, gurgling brooks and ethereal fog and clouds. In addition, there are also vast pine forests, and rare flora and fauna. Generally, the scenic resources of Baihua Mountain can be divided into four scenic areas with 35 scenic spots in total. Come autumn, expanse after expanse of forests is tinged with fiery red like a water color painting hung from the mountains, lending a certain magnificence to them. And mountains along the road are paved with fiery red leaves, rendering a real spectacular.

Tel.: 010-60856110

Self-driving Route: city proper of Mentougou District - National Highway 109 - Baihua Mountain Nature Reserve

Xiaolongmen Forest Park

114km away from the town of Beijing, Xiaolongmen Forest Park covers an area of 11,567 mu with an average altitude of 1,330m. Surrounded by rolling mountains, it is home to tens of thousands of mu of coniferous forest, broadleaf forest and colored-leaf forest sprinkled with many nameless wild grasses, presenting a pretty landscape. Inside, ravines and slopes are carpeted with stretch after stretch of aspen trees. With the arrival of autumn, the leaves begin to change colors from green, yellow to red. Looking from afar, it is in a blaze of fiery red just like a beautiful Chinese painting. So, if you are looking for a relaxed and scenic getaway in autumn ways, Xiaolongmen Forest Park is a good choice.

Tel.: 010-61827665

Self-driving Route: city proper of Mentougou District - National Highway 109 - Xiaolongmen Forest Park