[2025 Qingdao Attraction] Travel Guide for Maogong Mountain (Updated Apr)

#timetotravel 📍 Xifuzhen Qingfeng Community, Chengyang, Qingdao 🗓️ October, 2022 ⛰️🌳 If you're looking for a short but rewarding climb, Maogong Mountain is your spot. In less than an hour, you can conquer this not-so-high peak and soak in the crisp, fresh air. 🤩 😋 Enjoy the natural beauty, take in the Lushan Reservoir view, and, depending on the season, try your hand at cherry, grape, or strawberry picking at the base. Don't forget to check out the snack vendors at the mountain's entrance. 🚘 Getting there: Opt for a car ride for added convenience. #qingdao #chinalife #autum

If you go a little east from Qingdao's Chengyang District, where many Koreans live, you can find Mogongsan Mountain. Mao Zedong is still respected by many Chinese people as the person who unified China under communism. These Mogongsan Mountains are places where rocks that resemble his shape are located. There are several military bases in various parts of China, but the Mogongsan Mountain rocks in Qingdao are famous for their standing appearance. It was hard to sympathize with them as a foreigner, but somehow it was interesting to see rocks that resembled each other. Aside from those things, Mogongsan Mountain is close to the city center, and is at a perfect height for easy climbing. The observation deck offers a view of the cool reservoir, so it's a great place to climb up and down for exercise. #Hiking #China #Qingdao #Maogongshan #Mogongsan

Weekend Hiking with Kids on Maogong Mountain's Grand Loop. Come and check in at Maogong Mountain this weekend, took the kids around the newly built grand loop of Maogong Mountain, and I must say it was the most successful trend-following experience, especially suitable for hiking with kids during the mountain closure season❗ 🌸Maogong Mountain is famous for its natural rocks that strikingly resemble the great leader Chairman Mao. There is a parking lot at the foot of the mountain, and you can enter for free after scanning a QR code at the entrance. The temperature is comfortable around the Qingming Festival, making it perfect for hiking! Maogong Mountain is not far from the city center, and there are seasonal strawberry and grape picking nearby, plus the Laoshan Reservoir fish are quite famous, making it especially suitable for a half-day or one-day trip around Qingdao. 🎡Route: Enter through the main gate - Revolutionary Road Monument - enter the grand loop to the left rear. There is just one path all the way, just go straight. ✅The whole journey is over four kilometers, and it took less than two and a half hours with kids, three to four hours if you're slow. ✅The first half of the journey has more steps and a steeper slope, while the second half, especially when you start descending, is more stable with a gentle slope. ✅During the mountain closure period, even on holidays and weekends, there are very few people, and we didn't meet anyone along the way, which was very quiet. ✅There are many wildflowers along the way, and there are many benefits to hiking in the spring. ✅From the Fushou Golden Turtle spot, you can climb onto the rocks for a broad view, and you can see the Laoshan Reservoir in the distance, which is also visible on the way down the mountain. ✅There are not many rest stops. There are a few stone tables set up from Fushou Golden Turtle to Jinchan Wangyue, with two stone tables at Fushou Golden Turtle being unsheltered and quite sunny, while two stone tables from Qiu Chuji's Cultivation Spot to Jinchan Wangyue offer some shade. ✅There are no restrooms along the entire route🚻. ✅The grand loop ends at the Viewing Platform, which is the highest point most people reach when hiking, and from there you can normally walk down the mountain. 🅿️Navigate to Maogong Mountain Scenic Area, parking at the mountain base is 10 yuan/time.

Qingdao Mogong Mountain (毛公山) is a mountain very close to Qingyang. When you climb to the top of the mountain, you can see a natural stone statue that resembles Mao Zedong (毛澤東) in the distance, so it is named after that. As the name suggests, Mogong Mountain has various visual materials about Mao Zedong and communism from the beginning of the hiking trail, so it may seem a bit unfamiliar, but it is not boring throughout the hike. It is a course that can be hiked round trip in less than an hour, so if you want to learn about Mao Zedong while hiking lightly, I highly recommend you go. #Hiking

Mount Mao Gong, a free check-in spot in Chengyang. Although the construction is not particularly perfect, it wins in being free. The mountain is not high, quite suitable for bringing children together. The scenic area has a large parking lot, and you can walk up after parking. There are many red-themed check-in spots inside, and there are statues of great people, but it is best to come when the weather is good.