A Water Paradise in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai: Taohuajia Guide

No nonsense sharing! 📍🗺️ Navigation address: Taohuajia Reservoir. 📍💁 Step-by-step nanny-level guide at the end picture, more outdoor sharing on the homepage, continuously updated. ⚠️ Respect nature, protect nature. 📒 Location overview: 0️⃣🆓 Free spot: No venue fee, no ticket required. 1⃣️🅿️ Convenient parking: Free parking along the road, marked in the picture. 2⃣️🚾 Restrooms available: Official public restrooms, marked. 3️⃣🧒 Child-friendly: Water play, forest, swings, hammocks. 4️⃣🐈‍⬛ Pet-friendly: Dogs allowed to play together. 5️⃣🏊 Swimming allowed. 6️⃣👮 Water area control: None currently. 7️⃣🏄 Equipment rental: Available, you can bring your own or rent on site. 8️⃣💦 Excellent water quality: Crystal clear water, jelly-like clarity. 9️⃣🎣 Fishing allowed (but I’m afraid you might catch a person). 🚩 Tips for playing: 0️⃣ Recommended red star ⭐️ location, combines camping spots, shade, and water entry points. 1️⃣ Time ⏰: Fewer people in the morning, rapidly increases after 2 PM, experience slightly declines, parking becomes difficult, recommend going early and staying until afternoon. 2️⃣ ⛰️ Best time: Afternoon light makes the water bluer, visually more jelly-like, sparkling water surface, more beautiful than in the morning. 3️⃣ 🌲 Water forest: Water covers the low bald cypress trees forming a forest; the closer to the shore, the shallower the water, both adults and children can stand inside and play. 4️⃣ ⛺️ Camping spots: Detailed guide marks camping spots; this is the best spot in my opinion, shaded by trees. Other small camping spots can be found but none as good as this one. 5️⃣ 🤿 Bring snorkeling gear. 6️⃣ 🍔 No food or drinks sold on site, be sure to bring your own snacks, bring extra food and water. Playing in water makes you thirsty and hungry. 7️⃣ 🐎 Suggest rushing to visit soon, this place might be closed off. ⚠️ Attention: 1️⃣ ⚡️ There are several utility poles in the water with power lines passing through, be careful, especially for drone users. 2️⃣ 👮 No management here currently, more and more people are coming, please be sure to practice civilized outdoor activities, take your trash with you, cherish this rare outdoor environment.