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Great Wall at Juyongguan (the most magnificent)
Great Wall at Badaling (the most famous)
Great wall at Mutianyu (the prettiest)
Great wall at Simatai (good for hiking)
Great wall at Jinshanling (good for hiking)
Huanghuacheng Great wall (not officially open, steep)
Jiankou Great wall (steepest)
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Great wall at Jinshanling (good for hiking)
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Jinshanling Great Wall stretches from Miyun County of Beijing to Luanping County of Hebei Province,133 kilometres (82.5 miles)from downtown Beijing. The Great Wall at Jinshanling is 13 kilometers (8 miles) long with a total of 90 watch towers. There is a watch tower every 100 metres (328 feet) or so, and in some places the interval is only 50-60 meters (164-197 feet). Such a density is really rare on the whole length of the Great Wall.The tight fortiffication of this area is a special feature of the Great Wall at Jinshanling. Its defence was especially strong. Many beacon towers were built on every vantage point north of the Great Wall and the mountain slope outside the Great Wall was reduced and laid by rocks.
Another feature is the "Barrier Wall", which is 2.5 meters (8ft2in) high and runs on the top of the Great Wall perpendicular to the battlements. It has peepholes and arrow holes. The Barrier Wall would serve as the second block of defence if the enemy should have climbed up the Great Wall.