Travel in Crater National Forest Park |
The Crater National Forest Park is 50 kilometers to the northwest Jingpo Lake (jìng bó hú 镜泊湖), which is located in the deep mountainous areas of Mountain Zhangguangcai (zhāng guǎng cái lǐng 张广才岭) with the elevation 1,000 meters. It is a piece covered with the precious tree seed's virgin forest including the red pine, the purple tree, the yellow pine, the scale pine trees, the Chrysanthemum pine and so on. The area amounts to more than 66,900 hectares, which is a natural green treasure house. It is renowned at home and abroad for the "crater underground forest". The country lists it as the national level nature protection area.
Crater National Forest Park is located in Ning’an City (níng ān shì 宁安市), Heilongjiang Province. It is a natural scenery spot with the beautiful water and wonderful mountains. It is a ecological park together with eco-environment, health function,
![]() ![]() ![]() The other perfect scenery is the Small North Lake. The lake is a mountain dammed lake. The lotus is grown in the lake which has already one hundred million three thousand and five hundred years history. It has determined by experts in Heilongjiang and is called as "biological living fossil". And some water birds in this lake are the rare species, especially the Chinese Qiusha duck (zhōng guó qiū shā yā 中国秋纱鸭) which is endangered around the world and protected in the World Red Book of Protecting rare birds. China only has 200 and the Small North Lake has accounted for 40.
![]() Location: Shalan County (shā lán xiāng 纱兰乡), Ning'an City (níng ān shì 宁安市)
Transportation: take bus to Crater National Forest Park at Ning’an Bus Station (níng ān qì chē zhàn 宁安汽车站)
Opening Time: 8:00 – 17:00
Best Time to Go: September and October
Tel: 0453-8179985
Admission Fee: CNY 60
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Last Updated on Friday, 19 November 2010 11:16 |