May 12 2026
Wudang Mountains | Wǔdāng Shān | 武当山 🏔️ Overview The Wudang Mountain Range, commonly called the Wudang Mountains or Wudang Shan, rises across northwestern Hubei Province in central China. Forming part of the eastern Daba Mountains, the range is known for its steep forested ridges, narrow ravines, mist-covered summits, ancient stone stairways, and extraordinary concentration of …
May 11 2026
Huangshan | Yellow Mountain | 黄山 The Huangshan Mountain Range—better known internationally as the Yellow Mountains—is a spectacular granite massif in southern Anhui Province, China. Its landscape of narrow pinnacles, sheer cliffs, wind-shaped pine trees, hot springs, and peaks rising above rolling clouds has influenced Chinese painting, poetry, and ideas of mountain beauty for centuries. Although its …
May 09 2026
Lotus Peak | Lianhua Feng | Lian Hua Feng 🏔️ Overview Lotus Peak, known in Chinese as Lianhua Feng (莲花峰), is the highest summit of the Huangshan Mountain Range in eastern China. The granite peak rises to 1,864 meters (6,115 feet) within the Mount Huangshan Scenic Area of Anhui Province. Although modest in elevation compared with …
May 06 2026
Mount Qingcheng | Qīngchéng Shān | 青城山 🏔️ Overview Mount Qingcheng, or Qingcheng Shan, is a densely forested mountain near Dujiangyan in China’s Sichuan Province. Rising from the western edge of the Chengdu Plain, it is celebrated for its peaceful woodlands, winding stone stairways, traditional temples, and deep association with the development of Taoism. In 142 …
Apr 26 2026
Mount Wutai | Wutai Shan | Wutaishan | Mount Qingliang | 五台山 Mount Wutai is a vast sacred mountain landscape in northeastern China’s Shanxi Province. Its name means “Five-Terrace Mountain,” referring to five broad, flat-topped summits arranged around the temple-filled valley of Taihuai. The highest of these, the North Terrace, rises above 3,000 meters and forms the …
Apr 24 2026
Mount Sanqing | Sānqīng Shān | 三清山 🏔️ Overview Mount Sanqing, also known as Sanqingshan, is a spectacular granite mountain massif in northeastern Jiangxi Province, China. Rising above subtropical forests in the Huaiyu Mountains, it is celebrated for its narrow stone pillars, sheer cliffs, weathered pinnacles, waterfalls, windswept pines, and frequently mist-covered valleys. The mountain’s highest …
Apr 23 2026
Mount Longhu | Lónghŭ Shān | 龙虎山 Mount Longhu rises from the river valleys of Jiangxi Province as a maze of rounded red cliffs, forested rock towers, hidden caves and winding waterways. Although its summits are modest compared with China’s great alpine mountains, Longhushan is one of the country’s most important sacred landscapes. The mountain is closely …
Apr 19 2025
Table Mountain rises directly above Cape Town, South Africa, forming one of the most recognizable mountain skylines in the world. Its immense sandstone cliffs, unusually level summit plateau, indigenous fynbos vegetation, hiking trails, and famous aerial cableway make it both a major natural landmark and one of South Africa’s most visited mountain destinations. Although Table …
Nov 10 2023
Mount LeConte (Tennessee) Rising more than a vertical mile above Gatlinburg, Mount LeConte is one of the most imposing and beloved mountains in the Great Smoky Mountains and the broader Appalachian Mountains. Its forested massif contains several high points, dramatic cliffs, waterfalls, rocky bluffs, old-growth forest, high-elevation spruce-fir habitat, and one of the most unusual …
Nov 10 2023
Kuwohi | Clingman’s Dome Rising above a seemingly endless succession of blue-green ridges, Kuwohi is the highest mountain in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the highest point in Tennessee, and one of the most important summits of the southern Appalachian Mountains. For generations it appeared on federal maps as Clingmans Dome, but in September 2024 …
