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Population55,000
GeoNames
RegionYunnan
Elevation1,786 m
5,860 ft
Time zoneAsia/Shanghai
Nearest airportKunming Changshui Airport (KMG)
51 km
Why visit Shilin
Townapedia lists 6 museums and landmarks, 2 parks and trails, 1 place to eat and 3 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Stone Forest and Shilin Stone Forest Landscape District.
Weather in Shilin
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Things to do3
Stone Forest
Monument and historic site · 0.8 km
Formation of sharp limestone pillars created by calcium carbonate dissolution
Museums and landmarks6
Parks, trails and playgrounds2
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Restaurants and cafes1
Map of Shilin
12 places. The map loads OpenStreetMap tiles when you open it.
Getting there and nearby towns
Kunming Changshui Airport (KMG) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 51 km away.
- Miyang 47 km south, about 47 min by car
- Zhongshu 55 km southeast, about 55 min by car
- Kunming 67 km west, about 1 h by car
- Majie 74 km west, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Haikou 77 km west, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Qujing 87 km northeast, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Anning 86 km west, about 1 h 30 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
Headlines from INDB.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
Photo credits
- Shilin Yunnan China Shilin-Stone-Forest-01, CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Shilin, Yunnan 24740, xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0
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