Circumnavigation of Western spur of Daheishan

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Distance: 7.36 mi
Elevation gain: 600 ft
Technical difficulty: Moderate
Elevation loss: 820 ft
Max elevation: 572 ft
TrailRank: 59
Min elevation: 172 ft
Trail type: One Way

Moving time: one hour 13 minutes
Time: one hour 56 minutes
Coordinates: 1759
Uploaded: June 25, 2023
Recorded: June 2023

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near Chenjiatun, Liaoning (China)

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Itinerary description

Exploration of mountain orchards and market gardens on west flank of Daheishan (Big Black Mountain). A loop can be completed on pavement, however the saved track includes a mountain bike segment through narrow lanes and countryside dirt roads to the west, also passing a new development area.
More short side roads could be explored on the west flank of the western spur of Daheishan, an area of particular historical interest to Japanese with an overview of Nanshan Hill.

Waypoints

Y-junction

The best starting point is at the bridge to the south, at the end waypoint location. June cherries and apricots for sale along roads

Extensive Orchards

Looking west to Jingzhou Town. The Hill of Nanshan is faintly visible in the distance.

Apricots

Photo shows road conditions

T-junction

The subsequent mountain biking segments can be skipped by turning left (south) down the paved 2-lane road and picking up a lower Waypoint.

End of pavement, rural scenery

At a large, overgrown compound from times gone by. The Japanese 2'nd army fortified this area just before the 1904 Nanshan engagement with Russia. also a small farm here with cattle and geese.

Rural Lanes, road conditions

A maze of varied, narrow zigzaggong lanes. Occasionally rough.

New residential development

Old industrial remnants are preserved.

Daheishan views

Rural farms on the gentle western slope of the Western Daheishan spur.

Mountain Bike Segment

Through orchards. Coarse to medium gravel on flats, changing into a narrow paved lane on downhill. Photo shows the western spur of Daheishan. This is within the general area where the Japanese 2'nd Army gathered and set up it's artillery before the assult of the Russian fortifications at Nanshan in 1904.