Tai Tam Country Park (Quarry Bay Extension)
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Tai Tam (Quarry Bay Extension) Country Park[1][2] (Chinese: 大潭（鰂魚涌擴建部份）郊野公園), also known simply as Quarry Bay Country Park[3][4][5] (鰂魚涌郊野公園),[6][7][8][9] on the eastern side of Hong Kong Island, is one of the twenty four statutory country parks in Hong Kong, and the twentieth to be so designated, in 1979.[1][10]
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According to a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the Environmental Protection Department the number of visitors in 1998-1999 was 701,400, second only to Aberdeen Country Park amongst country parks on Hong Kong Island.[13]
Features
A major feature of this country park is a site with dozens of wartime field stove, built in preparation for the Second World War.[14][15][16]
Template:Ill, a red-brick house which currently houses a biodiversity education centre and was a residence for the Taikoo Sugar Refinery,[17][14] is also located within this country park at 50 Template:Ill. Hong Park Country Trail, Quarry Bay Tree Walk and Quarry Bay Jogging Trail are located within the park.
Quarry Pass
Template:Further ill Quarry Pass (Template:Zh), also known as the Quarry Gap or Tai Fung Au, is a col situated Template:Cvt above sea level[18] in the park. The Quarry Pass Pavillon marks the starting point of Hong Kong Trail Section 6, with a commemorating plaque for the opening of the Hong Kong Trail placed nearby. A wooden pillar is placed at the Pavillon to indicate the starting point, with three direction signage plates mounted on the pillar.
The Quarry Bay Pass Pavilion (Chinese: 大風坳涼亭) is an intersection point that connects trails to Mount Butler, Mount Parker, Tai Tam Reserviors and Tai Tam Country Park Entrance (through Mount Parker Road).[19] There is also an unpaved hiking trail to reach the Quarry Pass, via the Mount Parker Cable Car's Ruin Trail.
With 5 trails linked to the intersection point, the pavilion area is equipped with a public toilet,[20] basic outdoor gym and recreational facilities, a picnic area, outdoor stone BBQ stoves and a roofed resting pavilon. A set of stairs located behind the roofed resting pavilion allows a direct climb to the summit of Mount Butler.[21] The Mount Parker Viewing Point, a scenery viewing site, is situated within the Quarry Pass.
See also
References
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