Gondola · Datong, China
Gondola near Datong
Gondola near Datong is a gondola near Datong, China. It climbs 197 m over 715 m, from 405 m to 602 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 49 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
54/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Gondola near Datong is scarier than 54% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 156 of 374 in China.
- Highest above the ground: about 49 m, as high as a 16-storey building, 475 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 534 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 30°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Gondola near Datong is near Datong, China, at 405 m above sea level (28.43119° N, 105.73883° E). From there it runs 715 m up to the top station at 602 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- 龙卦山索道 cable car · 27.8 km away · rises 446 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: Copernicus GLO-30, 30 m. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. Data as of 2026-10-31.