Beyond these were the north coast and Chinshan. Together they comprised an extensive nature area for northern Taiwan, and they became Taiwan's third national park. Yangmingshan is at the northern edge of Taipei. The Japanese were the first to lay roads into the region in order to crush anti-Japanese resistance on Mt.
雖然陽明山當時已是遊客如織，但陽明山有火山地形等其他國家公園缺乏的特色，後山腹地廣大，包括了大屯、磺嘴山群，北連到北海岸、金山，自成一個北台灣的自然區，因此成為台灣第三個國家公園。