MOXING RIDGE (MOXINGLING), THE 382 M SUMMIT · MOXING LING
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Baiyun Mountain · 23.185°N 113.296°E
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The top of Baiyun Mountain — 382 m, the highest of its thirty-odd peaks — fenced off as a ¥5 park-within-the-park at the north end of the summit road. This is the one place on the mountain where the whole city sits in one frame: the old city, the Zhujiang New Town towers and Canton Tower to the south, Baiyun New Town below you to the west. Since February 2024 a free two-stage escalator inside the gate (10:00-19:00) does the last 26 m of the climb, so the summit is a 5-minute ride from the ticket gate rather than a 15-minute stair.
AdmissionTicketed¥5, on top of the ¥5 mountain ticket; escalator includedVerified · 2020-05Source ↗
HoursEscalator 10:00-19:00 (2024), later on festivals; gates not publishedSecondhand source
ClosedNone published; shut with the mountain in typhoon closuresVerified · 2025-07Source ↗
IDNo ID rule for standard entry; concessions require proof.Not independently verified — check official channels before you goDetails ↓
AddressNorth end of the summit road, between Sujia Ci and Longhu Gang (bureau description); D-line shuttle terminus 摩星岭Verified · 2026-01Source ↗Navigate ↗
EntranceFrom the South Gate: cable car to the summit plaza, then 2 km on foot or D-line shuttle (¥10) from Huanghe Shi Guangchang; or A-line shuttle from the South Gate to Huanghe Shi Guangchang then D-line
Last verified 2026-09-16Source: platforms and press
How to book
Gate on the summit road (D-line shuttle terminus), or the bureau's WeChat official account 广州市白云山风景名胜区 → 景区服务 → 预约购票 → 摩星岭 (path given by Guangzhou Daily, February 2024)Secondhand source
ID details
No ID rule for standard entry; concessions require proof. Not published for the ¥5 ticket; the mountain's concession list (65+, under-1.3 m, students) needs ID at the gate
Paying on site
Mountain ticket (¥5) or cable ticket at the South Gate → summit road → D-line shuttle or walk to the Moxing Ridge gate → ¥5 at the gate → 150 m walk → escalator (free) → summit compass platform.
Beat the crowds
Sunset is the crowd and the photo; on a clear winter afternoon arrive by 16:00 to have the compass platform before the tour groups, and remember the escalator stops at 19:00.
Language
Bilingual direction signs on the summit road; the compass marker and Su Dongpo poetry path are Chinese only.