Junjianyan Trail — Attraction in Beitou

The main trail is an all stone steps trail. You can walk up the famous vessel like sandrock to enjoy gorgeous view of Taipei in 20 minutes. Then you may have to turn back to same trail head you start at yangmin University as there are posts about two other trail head are all closed by private land owner. Also the sign to other destination are not posted along the trail. I went down Wellington village to reach qiyan MRT station by asking passer-by many times. The trail signs in this trail is absolutely no comparison to any trails in yangmin...

You can park your vehicle in National Yang-Ming University which is only a few steps away from the entrance of the trial.

It takes no more than 30 minutes to reach the top of the mountain.

You can never resist the breathtaking view if you dare to climb to the highest rock on the mountain which is always crowded with people.

But be careful that you might confuse your trail to go back to parking lot.

Because there’re more than four trials to go down the mountain.

It’s easy but definitely worth take you a beautiful afternoon...

It was one of the best easy hike experiences I had. Took me around 25 minutes on 500m-long mostly stone stairs to the peak of Mt. Junjianyan a.k.a Battleship Rock. Bring/put sun protection as some parts of the trail is exposed to direct sunlight or choose a time where it's not too hot to hike like early morning or late afternoon but if you love the sun while hiking, then this trail would be great. Alight at Qilian MRT Station Red Line and walk approximately 1km. in the direction of Yang Ming University for the...