Mount Keelung to Ōgon Shrine, Jiufen: free self-guided walking tour
Quick answer. A free self-guided walking tour from Mount Keelung through Jiufen to Ōgon Shrine: 5 stops, about 5.8 km, about 80 minutes of walking plus about 31 minutes of listening. Start on the summit of Mount Keelung, just under 600 metres high, with Jiufen, the Pacific and the Taiwan Strait around you. Take the stone steps down into Jiufen, the hillside town that the gold found in 1893 turned into a boomtown, and its lanes to the Shengping Theater, opened in 1932 and restored in 2011. Cross to Jinguashi for the Gold Museum in the old mining offices, and climb to the ruins of Ōgon Shrine, founded in 1898.
- Stops:
- 5
- Distance:
- about 5.8 km
- Walking:
- about 80 min
- Listening:
- about 31 min
Two ways to do this walk
Jiufen with Mappu
Walk Mode, in the free Mappu app
It knows where you are, tells you about everything you pass between the stops, answers your questions and keeps you on the route. Your phone stays in your pocket.
A 2-hour live walk, €4.99.
50 credits from the Starter pack. One-time purchase, no subscription.
Self-guided audio walk. No guide accompanies you. Not affiliated with the sites.
Free: the audio guides
Listen to each stop’s audio guide in your browser and find your own way between the stops.
Walking directions in Google MapsMount Keelung to Ōgon Shrine, Jiufen: how long does the walk take?
About 111 minutes in all: about 80 minutes on foot over about 5.8 km, plus about 31 minutes of audio at the 5 stops. Time inside the sites is extra.
Mount Keelung to Ōgon Shrine, Jiufen: in what order should you visit the stops?
Follow the stops in this order: Mount Keelung, Jiufen, Shengping Theater, Gold Museum, and Ōgon Shrine. The longest stretch between two stops is about 2.2 km, about 30 min on foot.
Route and map
Indicative route. While you walk, watch where you're going, mind the traffic and follow local signs and rules. The map is an aid, not a safety guide. Terms
Follow Mappu’s map: the route runs along the streets from stop to stop, and the stories keep playing as you walk.
To get to the first stop, or if you’re far from the route, Google Maps has walking directions through every stop.
Stop 1
The volcanic peak just under 600 metres above Jiufen, one of Taiwan’s small hundred peaks, with a summit platform looking over Jiufen, the Pacific and the Taiwan Strait.
about 6 min of audio
Next stop: Jiufen · about 2.2 km, about 30 min on foot
Stop 2
The hillside town named for the nine portions of its first families, turned into a boomtown by the gold found in 1893, with Jishan Street’s steps, teahouses and sea views.
about 6 min of audio
Next stop: Shengping Theater · about 0.9 km, about 12 min on foot
Stop 3
Jiufen’s 600-seat theatre, built by ten shareholders and opened in 1932, closed in 1986 as the gold ran out, unroofed by a typhoon and reopened in 2011 for films and shows.
about 6 min of audio
Next stop: Gold Museum · about 1.9 km, about 25 min on foot
Stop 4
Taiwan’s first ecomuseum, opened in 2004 in the old Taiwan Metal Mining Corporation offices at Jinguashi, with a big gold bar and a walk into the Benshan Fifth Tunnel.
about 7 min of audio
Next stop: Ōgon Shrine · about 0.8 km, about 11 min on foot
Stop 5
The ruins of a Shinto shrine founded above the Jinguashi mines in 1898 to steady the miners’ nerves, rebuilt in 1936–37 and now a protected site in the Gold Museum park.
about 6 min of audio
The stop stories are AI-generated audio guides and can contain mistakes. Check opening hours and tickets on the official sites.
Planning a trip to Jiufen?
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- Weekend trip, €9.99: Your day-by-day plan plus 2 live walks
- Save your trip’s free guides on your phone in the Mappu app: they play with no signal
Before you go
- Check opening hours, tickets and access on each site’s official page before you go.
- Distances and times are estimates: the walking route between stops, from OpenStreetMap, at 4.5 km/h. Your route on the street may differ.
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Route checked by Mappu on November 2, 2026. Stop descriptions come from each place’s published Mappu audio guide. Mappu is a Fenutech product.