Hubei (湖北省) · 8 places · 7 cities
8 places in Hubei, grouped by city. The last column is the gate: 2 of them are open at all hours, and the others close, often earlier than the light does.
Most common here: Geopark (4), Mountain and forest (2), City park (1). See all provinces, or the background on parks.
2 places
Wuhan (武汉)
| Place | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| East Lake (武汉东湖)At 88 square kilometres, listed as the largest lake inside a Chinese city, six times the area of West Lake. A greenway of 102 km runs around it, and the cherry garden at Moshan flowers in late March. | City park | Open at all hours |
| Mulan Tianchi (木兰天池)A forest park of 13 square kilometres north of Wuhan, built around a reservoir in a gorge, with waterfalls and a glass bridge. The high point is 521 m, and the draw is summer coolness. | Geopark | 7:30 to 17:30 |
1 place
Enshi (恩施)
| Place | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Enshi Grand Canyon (恩施大峡谷)A karst canyon with a slot gorge where an underground river opened the surface, and a free-standing limestone column 150 m high. Cliff walkways run much of the route, and the walking is long. | Geopark | 8:00 to 16:00 |
1 place
Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (恩施土家族苗族自治州)
| Place | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Tenglong Cave (腾龙洞)A cave mouth 72 m high and 64 m wide, with 59.8 km of passage behind it and wet and dry systems joined. The Qing river disappears underground here. | Geopark | 8:30 to 17:30 |
1 place
Shennongjia (神农架)
| Place | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Shennongjia (神农架)UNESCO NATURALWorld Heritage for nature, and recorded as the highest ground in central China at 3,106 m. Its forests hold an eighth of the world’s higher plant species on a fraction of China’s land, along with golden monkeys. | Mountain and forest | Has opening hours, not recorded |
1 place
Shiyan (十堰)
| Place | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Wudang Mountain (武当山)UNESCO CULTURALThe Daoist mountain that Wudang boxing is traced from. The gilt bronze hall on the 1,612 m summit is described as the largest bronze building surviving in China, and Nanyan hall is built out over a cliff. | Mountain and forest | 7:00 to 17:00 |
1 place
Wuhan (武汉市)
| Place | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow Crane Tower Park (黄鹤楼公园)First built in 223 as a lookout, destroyed and rebuilt many times, and standing since 1985 in a Qing-derived form 51.4 m high. Cui Hao’s poem is the reason it is known. | Historic garden or scenic site | 8:30 to 17:30 (旺季) |
1 place
Yichang (宜昌市)
| Place | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Three Gorges of the Yangtze River (长江三峡)The Yangtze gorges run 193 km from Fengjie to Yichang, and the Xiling gorge, at 76 km, is the Hubei section. The dam, ranked as the largest hydro scheme in the world, stands here. | Geopark | Open at all hours |
Which Ones Need a Whole Day
A city park is an hour before dinner. A geopark can be a full day with a shuttle and a cable car, and the gate closes earlier than the park does. Tell our local team where you will be and they will say which of these fit the day you have.