Hike! Bijiashan to Badaling

[Bryan]

I'm interested in hiking in Yanqing county, Beijing, from Bi jia shan 笔架山 40°9'49"N 115°45'3"E (Shui tou cun 水头村 40°11'6"N 115°45'52"E) north east to Shi xia guan 石峡关 40°18'35"N 115°56'33"E and then to Ba da ling 八达岭 40°21'16"N 116°0'23"E.

If anyone has any details on this part of the Great Wall, I would be happy to hear about it.

Thanks!

[chinoook]

I have the suspicion that there is Non-Ming wall around that section. Information about that would also be very much appreciated.


-chinoook

[andarchen]

Originally Posted by Bryan

I'm interested in hiking from Bi jia shan 笔架山 40°9'49"N 115°45'3"E (Shui tou cun 水头村 40°11'6"N 115°45'52"E) north east to Shi xia guan 石峡关 40°18'35"N 115°56'33"E and then to Ba da ling 八达岭 40°21'16"N 116°0'23"E.

If anyone has any details on this part of the Great Wall, I would be happy to hear about it.

Thanks!

Photos from Chinese GW forum , let us start from Bijiashan(笔架山)

Standing on top of Bijiashan and view to northeast ,coordinates is 40.163611°N 115.750833°E . Shui tou cun 水头村 is visible at left downhill .
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same coordinates , view to west , a small fort near Bijiashan GW , there is easyily reachable .



small fort close look . enter fort , you can find there are three-four rooms in fort.




To be continuous...

[PWCCA]

No idea, but I would sure love to see this one for myself too

[andarchen]

A water gate near Shui tou cun 水头村, 40.177208°N 115.773059°E,

water gate close look


Keep on walking along GW and look the GW ahead ,40.176126°N 115.776666°E.


Approaching a circle tower ,40.180366°N 115.780466°E, a lots of circle towers in this section .

[Bryan]

andarchen,

Thank you very much for the information and the photos.

Originally Posted by andarchen

That is an awesome photo.

What I can't understand is, as good as the Great Wall's condition and surroundings are here, why isn't it more popular? Why don't we hear more about it? It's close to Beijing, yet it seems very few people go here.

I would like to know if anyone has hiked this entire distance. The photos you posted are all near Bijiashan. Is it possible to hike from here all the way to Badaling, and are any particular detours necessary?

[andarchen]

Originally Posted by Bryan

andarchen,

Thank you very much for the information and the photos.

What I can't understand is, as good as the Great Wall's condition and surroundings are here, why isn't it more popular? Why don't we hear more about it? It's close to Beijing, yet it seems very few people go here.

I would like to know if anyone has hiked this entire distance. The photos you posted are all near Bijiashan. Is it possible to hike from here all the way to Badaling, and are any particular detours necessary?

You are welcome ，i am pleased to show what i knew.
I didn't find any article in Chinese GW forum on hiking this entire distancea , so i guessed none of people has done this done before ,transportation to reach Beijiashan nearest villages Shuitoucun or Zhenbiancheng(镇边城 40.169297°N 115.813908°E) is not problem , it will take longer to Shuitoucun than Zhenbiancheng.

I don't knew why this entire distance isn't popular , but pictures in this section are not dufficult to find at panoramio on google earth , and i shall keep on posting photos until to west of Badaling for sections panoramio has not posted yet .

[Kim]

Originally Posted by Bryan

I'm interested in hiking in Yanqing county, Beijing, from Bi jia shan 笔架山 40°9'49"N 115°45'3"E (Shui tou cun 水头村 40°11'6"N 115°45'52"E) north east to Shi xia guan 石峡关 40°18'35"N 115°56'33"E and then to Ba da ling 八达岭 40°21'16"N 116°0'23"E.

If anyone has any details on this part of the Great Wall, I would be happy to hear about it.

Thanks!

When do you plan to do this hike?

[Bryan]

Originally Posted by Kim

When do you plan to do this hike?

I will do it if I come to China this September. But that's still undecided.

[Kim]

Originally Posted by Bryan

I will do it if I come to China this September. But that's still undecided.

If you do come, maybe we could meet and discuss the plan for next year. However I might be heading home for a few months, but that is still undecided.