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About Heilongtan Gorge in Miyun
Heilongtan is a mountain gorge in Shicheng, Miyun District, known for a sequence of pools, streams and waterfalls. It lies north of Lupiguan in the hills around Miyun Reservoir. This is the Beijing attraction; the name Black Dragon Pool also belongs to unrelated parks and scenic sites elsewhere in China.
The tourism authority describes a roughly four-kilometre gorge with substantial changes in elevation. Water gives the valley its organising theme, linking enclosed pools with narrower passages and more open rock faces. The experience is therefore a walk through changing terrain rather than a single lake viewpoint.
Follow the marked valley route and compare the water at different levels: a calm pool, a channel and a cascade show different effects on the surrounding rock. The amount of water and the appearance of each feature vary with conditions. An attractive photograph from another season should not be treated as a promise of the same waterfall flow.
What to look for
- Follow the linked pools and cascades through the gorge.
- Compare enclosed passages with the open rock slopes.
Location & getting there
Getting to Heilongtan Gorge in Miyun
Use 密云黑龙潭 with 石城镇. Wear footwear suited to steps and damp paths, and check mountain-weather access before departure.
- Use 黑龙潭 with Beijing when searching for the visitor entrance.
Find Heilongtan Gorge in Miyun
黑龙潭 · 密云区
No reliable map pin yet: search by the Chinese name.
Sources & visit information
Place identity, setting and described features checked against the linked institutional sources on 9 September 2026. Suggested observation and visiting sequences are editorial guidance. Current opening arrangements and access to individual interiors must be checked with the venue; this review adds no inferred map coordinates.