Bukit Timah Hil (172m) — United Nations High Point — Singapore
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 1.91 mi
- Elevation gain
- 499 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 433 ft
- Max elevation
- 583 ft
- TrailRank
- 31
- Min elevation
- 77 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 41 minutes
- Coordinates
- 837
- Uploaded
- February 13, 2019
- Recorded
- February 2019
near Bukit Timah Estate (Sïngäpûru)
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Asia Trip
This was a late travel decision to hit some Asia high points so I planned it as a ten day whirlwind tour of Singapore, Hong Kong and Macau. The aim being to have a bit of fun, see sites and drink beer but also to hike the high points of Singapore (Bukit Timah Hill 172m) Hong Kong (Tai Mo Shan 957m) and Macau (Alto Coloane 176m). Not the highest peaks but Hong Kong looked promising with some good potential hikes. I also intended to get in other additional peaks including Victoria Peak (HP of Hong Kong Island 554m), Lantau Peak (HP OF Lantau Island 934m) and to hike the Dragon's Back, apparently Hong Kong’s best 10km walk.
SingaporeBukit Timah Hill (172 m)
A fantastic, buzzing place even if the beer worked out at £10 a pint! Scorching hot too, at 30-32 °C with high humidity. Bukit Timah Hill, well it is not so high, but it is an interesting place. First of all, it is a lovely park (Bukit Timah Park/Nature Reserve), and it is set nearly smack bang in the centre of the island. It is famous for being the location of a critical battle between the British and the Japanese during World War II. The British obviously lost!
Anyway, you are not going to get altitude sickness on this one, but you will get a bit sweaty. I started at the main road, but you might as well start at the visitor centre and simply follow the relatively steep but wide footpath that goes past it uphill (NE). It should be busy for you, as this is a popular running and walking venue. For some reason, the locals tend to walk uphill and walk down backwards.
After about a kilometre, you can either turn right and go up some very steep steps to the summit section or follow the wide path or road around to the left. You will come to a veranda of sorts and a big stone with the summit details on it. The summit stone will say 166 metres on it. This is the altitude above the land, not sea level, which adds another 6 metres to the height. That’s me next to the stone, and yes, you can take the piss out of my shorts, as everybody else has. It was great hike though, I enjoyed it, and that was the Singapore HP done.
Parking: Didn't need parking.
Route: Good paths and easy trails, very busy. Nice park, and interesting.
Route Statistics: All in all, it was a 3K round trip with an oedema-inducing 152m of ascent done in 41 minutes flat.
This was a late travel decision to hit some Asia high points so I planned it as a ten day whirlwind tour of Singapore, Hong Kong and Macau. The aim being to have a bit of fun, see sites and drink beer but also to hike the high points of Singapore (Bukit Timah Hill 172m) Hong Kong (Tai Mo Shan 957m) and Macau (Alto Coloane 176m). Not the highest peaks but Hong Kong looked promising with some good potential hikes. I also intended to get in other additional peaks including Victoria Peak (HP of Hong Kong Island 554m), Lantau Peak (HP OF Lantau Island 934m) and to hike the Dragon's Back, apparently Hong Kong’s best 10km walk.
SingaporeBukit Timah Hill (172 m)
A fantastic, buzzing place even if the beer worked out at £10 a pint! Scorching hot too, at 30-32 °C with high humidity. Bukit Timah Hill, well it is not so high, but it is an interesting place. First of all, it is a lovely park (Bukit Timah Park/Nature Reserve), and it is set nearly smack bang in the centre of the island. It is famous for being the location of a critical battle between the British and the Japanese during World War II. The British obviously lost!
Anyway, you are not going to get altitude sickness on this one, but you will get a bit sweaty. I started at the main road, but you might as well start at the visitor centre and simply follow the relatively steep but wide footpath that goes past it uphill (NE). It should be busy for you, as this is a popular running and walking venue. For some reason, the locals tend to walk uphill and walk down backwards.
After about a kilometre, you can either turn right and go up some very steep steps to the summit section or follow the wide path or road around to the left. You will come to a veranda of sorts and a big stone with the summit details on it. The summit stone will say 166 metres on it. This is the altitude above the land, not sea level, which adds another 6 metres to the height. That’s me next to the stone, and yes, you can take the piss out of my shorts, as everybody else has. It was great hike though, I enjoyed it, and that was the Singapore HP done.
Parking: Didn't need parking.
Route: Good paths and easy trails, very busy. Nice park, and interesting.
Route Statistics: All in all, it was a 3K round trip with an oedema-inducing 152m of ascent done in 41 minutes flat.
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