Full moon Forest Recreation Area

Full moon Forest Recreation Area

The full moon forest recreation area is located in the southeast of Sanxia Town, Taipei County. The park is mainly surrounded by the full moon mountain, xiongkonan mountain, Beizha mountain, Laka mountain, Dongyan mountain and other peaks. It is located at the end of the snow mountain range. The full moon forest recreation area is named after the full moon mountain with a total area of 1573 hectares and an altitude of 300-1728 meters, It has the most forests and waterfalls in the suburbs of Taipei.

Waterfall paradise

In the full moon round forest recreation area, there is a blackfly stream running through it. Because it is a juvenile stream, the valley slope is steep, the river erosion and transportation force is very strong, and the valley drop is large, forming many waterfall landscapes. Walking along the full moon round forest trail for 10 minutes, you can see the full moon round waterfall, silver curtain waterfall and virgin waterfall. Index: the full moon round waterfall on the mainstream is very spectacular, about 20 meters high The stone wall in front of the waterfall covers the upper end of the waterfall, and the lower end is a clear pool, which is imposing. The silver curtain waterfall not far behind the full moon round waterfall is different from the full moon round waterfall, which is only about 2 meters high and 5 meters wide. Because the sunlight reflects on the waterfall from the valley gap, the waterfall is like a silver curtain, so it is named. The maiden waterfall is located on the left branch of Zizi river It is also called Hongsha waterfall.

Rich forest

As the full moon forest recreation area is located in the middle and low altitude mountainous area, the forest type is mainly natural broad-leaved forest, mainly composed of Lauraceae, Fagaceae, Moraceae and Aceraceae. The common tree species are Phoebe formosana, Cinnamomum camphora, Machilus macrophylla, Phoebe Phoebe, Phoebe heterophylla, Jatropha curcas, banyan, HuangFei, Xiangfeng, Qingfeng, etc., while the common tree species are yam, konjac, snake root, etc In addition, one of the characteristics of the full moon forest recreation area, artificial forest, is mainly dominated by Cryptomeria fortunei forest. Cryptomeria fortunei was introduced from Japan in 1896. Because of its rapid growth, it is an important early afforestation tree species. Cryptomeria fortunei forest emits phenytoin, which has bactericidal effect on human respiratory tract. In addition, there are economic tree species such as Cunninghamia lanceolata, Ryukyu pine and Acacia The 1210 meter long self guided trail is also a popular place for bird and maple watching. People can learn about every plant and tree in nature through 16 interpretation stations, which is of great educational significance.

Animal ecology

There are more than 50 kinds of wild birds in the park, such as five colored birds, white eared Thrushes, Green Embroidered eyes and so on. The amphibians, such as Pangu toad, emerald tree frog and reptiles, such as turtle shell flower, umbrella Festival, water snake and so on, are the animals that inhabit the park. If people come to the full moon forest for recreation If you are lucky, you can see these mysterious forest animals.

Address: 174-1 youmuli, Sanxia District, Xinbei City

Longitude: 121.4446276

Latitude: 24.8307977

Tel. + 886-02-26720004

Ticket information: weekday full ticket: NT $80 / person; holiday full ticket: NT $100 / person; half ticket: NT $50 / person (children aged 7-12 and students aged 12 and above); preferential ticket: NT $10 / person (children aged 3-6 and elderly aged 65 and above); free ticket for children aged 0-2; please refer to the official website for other details.