Discover Beishuiquan in China
Beishuiquan in the region of Hebei is a town located in China - some 68 mi or ( 110 km ) North-East of Beijing , the country's capital .
Local time in Beishuiquan is now 04:49 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Shanghai " with a UTC offset of 8 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Yangquan, Tianjin, Shijiazhuang, Weichanglu, and Jinan. When in this area, you might want to check out Yangquan . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Beishuiquan ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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A French Chateau in China????? Livewireshock's photos around Miyun, China (bike tour miyun)
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The Great Wall Misocutlet's photos around Gubeikou, China (i slept at the chinese wall blog)
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Black Dragon Pools - Heilongtan Livewireshock's photos around Heilongtan, China (travel pics)
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The Great Wall... a phenomenal experience Mattersdorff's photos around Simatai, China (wall)
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Interesting facts about this location
USS Monocacy incident
The USS Monocacy incident was an attack on the American gunboat Monocacy in January 1918 by Chinese soldiers along the Yangtze River. It was one of many incidents at the time involving armed Chinese firing on foreign vessels.
Located at 40.36 117.43 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Xinglong Station (NAOC)
Xinglong Station is an observatory (IAU code 327) situated south of the main peak of the Yanshan mountains in Hebei province, China. Installed are seven telescopes: a Mark-III photoelectric astrolabe; a 60 cm reflector; an 85 cm reflector; a 60/90 cm Schmidt telescope; an 1.26m infrared telescope; and a 2.16m telescope. The most recent telescope is the 4m LAMOST. It is a popular tourist site.
Located at 40.39 117.57 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
LAMOST
The Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fibre Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST), also known as the Guoshoujing Telescope after the 13th century Chinese astronomer, is a meridian reflecting Schmidt telescope, located in Xinglong Station, Hebei Province, China. Undertaken by the Chinese Academy of Science, the telescope is planned to conduct a 5-year spectroscopic survey of 10 million Milky Way stars, as well as millions of galaxies. The project’s budget is RMB 235 million yuan.
Located at 40.39 117.57 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Simatai
Simatai, a section of the Great Wall of China located in the north of Miyun County, 120 km northeast of Beijing, holds the access to Gubeikou, a strategic pass in the eastern part of the Great Wall. It was closed in June 2010.
Located at 40.65 117.41 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
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