Located in southeastern Eurasia, in the eastern mid-subtropical zone and
close to the western Pacific Ocean, Sanqingshan Geopark is the source of the Xin
River from the Poyang Lake water system of the middle reaches of the Yangtze
River, the source of the tributary of the Le’an River Basin, and the source of
the tributary of Qiantang River Basin. It belongs to the main peak of Huaiyu
mountain ranges which is under the jurisdiction of Shangrao City of Jiangxi
Province, China.
The geographical coordinates are 28°45′06″~29°01′08″N,
117°53′03″~118°13′20″E. The Geopark is 43 km away from Shangrao City, 107 km
away from Quzhou City of Zhejiang Province to the east, 240 km from Nanchang
City of Jiangxi Province to the west, 227 km away from Wuyishan City of Fujian
Province to the south and 280 km away from Huangshan City of Anhui Province to
the north. Transportation connected to Sanqingshan is as follows: Sanqingshan
Airport, Hefei-Fuzhou High-speed Railway, Shanghai-Kunming High-speed Railway,
Zhejiang-Jiangxi High-speed Railway, Shanghai-Kunming Expressway,
Jingdezheng-Wuyuan-Changzhou Expressway, Dexing-Shangrao Expressway, National
Highway G320, National Highway G205, National Highway G206. All the
transportation hubs outside the park form a “ # ” shape. Inside of the Geopark,
the special tourism highway is connected to Shangrao High-Speed Railway Station
and the surrounding expressways. By Shangrao, Nanchang, Quzhou and Wuyishan
airports, visitors can easily go to other cities and places in China and other
countries. At present the Geopark has very fast transportation networks which
are very rare in China. Special tourist highways linking the external
transportation in the Geopark,, have been reconstructed and upgraded, which will
provide a faster and more convenient transportation system for tourists around
the world.
