Taipei City Geotechnical Engineering Office

Postal Service Training Center Hiking Trail belongs to Zhongzhengshan(Mount Zhongzheng) Hiking Trail. Starting just a couple of blocks away from XinBeitou Station, Zhongzhengshan Hiking Trail leads to a peak in the westernmost reaches of Yangmingshan National Park. This time we will run a guided walk on parts of the trail, including Postal Service Training Center Hiking Trail and Fayu Temple Hiking Trail which makes a circle. There are wide views on the Dengshan Road which connects two hiking trails together. It makes for a quiet and easy wander. Let’s go for a relaxing walk together.

Supervised by the Geotechnical Engineering Office and organized by the Taiwan Nature Trail Society, there will be four guided tours in English this year. Residents and visitors are welcome.

The tour will last about 2.5 hours (with interpretation). Route: MRT XinBeitou Station→ Fuxing Park→ Quan Yuan Park→ Yifang Elementary School→ Trail Entrance next to Postal Service Training Center→Fayu Temple Hiking Trail→ Fayu Temple→ Lixiang grocery store→ Dengshan Road→ Lingtou village→ Postal Service Training Center Hiking Trail→ Quan Yuan Park (With music performance from 11am-12pm) 

If you are interested in joining the tour, please email us at nature.trail@msa.hinet.net

Host: Geotechnical Engineering Office, Public Works Department, Taipei City Government

Organizer: Taiwan Nature Trail Society, ROC

Half-day tour. FREE! For All Ages.

Postal Service Training Center Hiking Trail

    Saturday, May 24// 8:30 - 11:00 AM 

    Meet at MRT XinBeitou Station Exit 1 , at 8:30AM

    Ends at QuanYuan Park

    Traffic information: MRT Red Line (Tamsui-Xinyi Line) and get off at Beitou Station and transfer the XinBeitou Branch Line

About Zhongzhengshan Hiking Trail:

Postal Service Training Center Hiking Trail belongs to Zhongzhengshan Hiking Trail which consist of Postal Service Training Center Hiking Trail, Fayu Temple Hiking Trail, and mountain top trail. 

Walking from XinBeitou Station and along Zhonghe Street and Zhuhai Road and through two parks, Fuxing Park and Quan Yuan Park, the trail starts from Lane 157, Zhuhai Road which is between Yifang Elementary School and Postal Service Training Center. Turn left onto Lane 157 following signs for Zhongzhengshan Hiking Trail.

On the way to Zhongzhengshan Hiking Trail, there are two hot spring footbaths on Fuxing Park and Quan Yuan Park. One hot spring footbath of Quan Yuan Park is on the right here, but signs indicated that it has been closed for a while because of the serious earthquake last year. 

Zhongzhengshan Hiking Trail, including Postal Service Training Center Hiking Trail and Fayu Temple Hiking Trail, is a circular trail. There are wide views on the Dengshan Road which connects two hiking trails. Zhongzhengshan Hiking Trail and the surrounding area provide view of Taipei Basin, including Guandu Basin, Shezihdao peninsula, Tamsui River, and Keelung River.

About Us: Taiwan Nature Trail Society 

We are a group of volunteers who love nature and desire to share how wonderful the Nature is. Taiwan Nature Trail Society has organized many kinds of activities, including trail tours and environmental education events. One of trail tours, a 300-people guided nature walk, is commissioned by the Geotechnical Engineering Office, Public Works Department, Taipei City Government. We offer the guided tour in both English and Chinese. Therefore, we invite all you who are interested in exploring the great outdoors to experience the rich ecosystem surrounding Taipei!

Registration

If you are interested in joining the tour, please email us at nature.trail@msa.hinet.net