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Thumb Mountain (拇指山)
A trail worth the early start · Taipei, Taiwan
4.7★Rating
219Reviews
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Year-round; the rock scramble near the summit is genuinely slick in the May–June plum rains and after typhoons.Best time
The experience
A craggy summit 320 metres above the city on the Nangang Mountain ridge, one hill east of Elephant Mountain and a fraction as busy. A thumb-shaped rock marks the top and a small platform gives an unobstructed 360-degree sweep over Xinyi, the Keelung River and the Yangmingshan wall behind. Reckon on an hour to 90 minutes, with steep rocky sections near the top that want proper shoes. Carry along the ridge and you reach 95 Peak and Nangang Mountain at 375 metres.
The Four Beasts view without the Four Beasts crowd, and a summit rock you can have to yourself.
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Where it is
Taipei, Taiwan · Nangang District (Nangang Mountain ridge). Coordinates from the listing we sourced it from.
DirectionsWhat a membership adds.
Everything above is free: the name, the photo, the rating, the exact spot. What members get is the part you can't Google: the sourced insider tip for this place (what to order, when to go, what to skip), every day of your trips unlocked in full with the insider tip on every researched stop, and the concierge at full strength, answering with your own insider tips, no daily meter.
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