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Trace Lion Rock @ Tai Wai to Wong Tai Sin

Sha Tin District, Hong Kong

Trace Lion Rock @ Tai Wai to Wong Tai Sin

Length3.5 mi
Elev. Gain865.9 ft
Est. Steps8000
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Introduction
Trace Lion Rock @ Tai Wai to Wong Tai Sin is a 3.5 mile (8,000-step) route located near Sha Tin District, Hong Kong. This route has an elevation gain of about 865.9 ft and is rated as hard. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.

Lion Rock

Place
Lion Rock, or less formally Lion Rock Hill, is a mountain in Hong Kong. It is located between Kowloon Tong of Kowloon and Tai Wai of the New Territories, and is 495 metres high. The peak consists of granite covered sparsely by shrubs. The Kowloon granite, which includes Lion Rock, is estimated to be around 140 million years old.

Chuk Yuen Estate

Place
Chuk Yuen Estate (Chinese: 竹園邨) is a public housing estate in Kowloon, Hong Kong, located north of Wong Tai Sin and underneath Lion Rock. Its site was formerly the Chuk Yuen Resettlement Area.It is divided into Chuk Yuen (North) Estate (Chinese: 竹園(北)邨) and Chuk Yuen (South) Estate (竹園(南)邨). The two estates have eight blocks each, and were all built in the 1980s.

Chuk Yuen

Place
Chuk Yuen (Chinese: 竹園) or Chuk Un was a village and an area in New Kowloon of Hong Kong. The area located in the approximate area of present-day Wong Tai Sin. The name now also refers to two public housing estates, Chuk Yuen North and Chuk Yuen South Estates.There is a village in proper Chuk Yuen at the junction of Shatin Pass Road and Lung Cheung Road.

Sha Tin Pass

Place
Sha Tin Pass (Chinese: 沙田坳) or Shatin Pass, and sometimes Sha Tin Au, is a mountain pass between Temple Hill and Unicorn Ridge in Hong Kong. The pass is located north of the populous area of Tsz Wan Shan.It was one of major accesses from Kowloon south to Sha Tin north before the construction roads and railway.

Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Wong Tai Sin Hospital

Place
Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Wong Tai Sin Hospital is an extended care hospital under the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals. It is most commonly referred to by its short name "TWGHs Wong Tai Sin Hospital" or just "Wong Tai Sin Hospital". It is one of two hospitals in the Wong Tai Sin area in New Kowloon of Hong Kong.

Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital

Place
Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital (Chinese: 聖母醫院; Cantonese Yale: Singmóuh Yīyún) is one of two hospitals in the Wong Tai Sin area in New Kowloon of Hong Kong.

Our Lady's College, Hong Kong

Place
Our Lady's College (Chinese: 聖母書院), founded in 1953, is an aided girls school affiliated with the Daughters of Help of Christians. It is currently located at 3 Lung Fung Street in Kowloon East, Hong Kong. It uses English as the medium of instruction.

Wang Tau Hom

Place
Wang Tau Hom (Chinese: 橫頭磡) is an area in mid-north New Kowloon of Hong Kong. A public housing estate, Wang Tau Hom Estate, is situated in the area.The area is regarded as part of Lok Fu due to the nearby MTR station.

Wong Tai Sin Temple (Hong Kong)

Place
Wong Tai Sin Temple is a well known shrine and tourist attraction in Hong Kong. It is dedicated to Wong Tai Sin, or the Great Immortal Wong. The 18,000 m2 (190,000 sq ft) Taoist temple is famed for the many prayers answered: "What you request is what you get" (有求必應) via a practice called kau chim. The temple is located on the southern side of Lion Rock in the north of Kowloon.

Wong Tai Sin station

Place
Wong Tai Sin (Chinese: 黃大仙; Cantonese Yale: Wòngdaaihsīn) is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong Line. It is named after the Wong Tai Sin Temple, which is managed by Taoist organisation Sik Sik Yuen.
Comments
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2024/08/04
Route Details

Length

3.5 mi

Elev. Gain

865.9 ft

Est. Steps

8000
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