Between Hsin Peitou and Chinshan is an 18-kilometer stretch with more than 20 areas of hot springs and steam vents. Steam billows upwards in clouds. Acidic gases issue forth and not a blade of grass survives. The noses of visitors fill with the pungent odor of sulfur.
新北投到金山之間長達十八公里的狹長地帶，就有二十幾個溫泉區與噴氣孔，區內終日煙霧瀰漫、寸草不生，噴氣聲嘶嘶作響，充斥著大量的酸性火山氣體，入山遊客遠遠就聞到濃重的硫磺味。