Tai Tam Country Park (Quarry Bay Extension)

Not to be confused with Quarry Bay Park.
A sign in the country park — The name shown differs from the designation statutory instrument.
The roofed resting pavilion situated at Quarry Pass Pavillon (Hong Kong Trail Pillar in front). Behind are stairs (not visible) leading to the summit of Mount Butler.

Tai Tam (Quarry Bay Extension) Country Park[1][2] (Chinese: 大潭（鰂魚涌擴建部份）郊野公園), also known simply as Quarry Bay Country Park[3][4][5] (鰂魚涌郊野公園),[6][7][8][9] on the eastern side of Hong Kong Island, is one of the twenty four statutory country parks in Hong Kong, and the twentieth to be so designated, in 1979.[1][10]

The 270-hectare (670-acre) park is located near Quarry Bay. It covers Mount Parker, the second highest peak (531 metres (1,742 ft)) on Hong Kong Island and the highest in Island east, as well as Mount Butler[11] and Siu Ma Shan. Sir Cecil's Ride [yue] goes through the park.[12]

According to a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the Environmental Protection Department the number of visitors in 1998-1999 was 701,400, second only to Aberdeen Country Park amongst country parks on Hong Kong Island.[13]

  1. ^ a b Country Parks (Designation) (Consolidation) Order (Chapter 208B)
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  5. ^ "Quarry Bay Country Park ( Lions Wood )(1981年) | Lions Clubs International District 303 - Hong Kong & Macao, China". Lionsclubs.org.hk. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
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  8. ^ "漁護署負責維修管理的主要遠足山徑" (PDF). gia.info.gov.hk. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  9. ^ "untitled" (PDF). www.legco.gov.hk. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Tai Tam".
  11. ^ "Mount Butler Quarry – The Industrial History of Hong Kong Group". Industrialhistoryhk.org. 2017-10-08. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  12. ^ "Sir Cecil's Ride - Tai Tam - Hiking Scheme - Leisure and Cultural Services Department". www.lcsd.gov.hk.
  13. ^ "環境保護署 - 策略性環境評估". Archived from the original on 2016-07-23.