Rifle Range Nature Park is a nature park in

Bukit Timah Bukit Timah ( ), often abbreviated as Bt Timah, is a planning area and residential estate located in the westernmost part of the Central Region of Singapore. Bukit Timah lies roughly from the Central Business District, bordering the Central ...

, Singapore. Rifle Range Nature Park was opened on 12 November 2022 and is located along Rifle Range Road and

Bukit Timah Nature Reserve The Bukit Timah Nature Reserve (abbreviation: BTNR) is a nature reserve near the geographic centre of Singapore, located on the slopes of Bukit Timah Hill, the country's highest natural peak standing at a height of approximately , and parts of ...

. Rifle Range Nature Park is also Singapore's first net positive energy nature park. Rifle Range Nature Park is the eighth park in the Central Nature Park Network. Rifle Range Nature Park was also built to protect Bukit Timah Nature Reserve.

History

Rifle Range Nature Park was originally used by the old Bukit Timah

Kampong A kampong (this term is in Za'aba Spelling, ''kampung'' in both modern Malay and Indonesian) is a term for a type of village in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore and a "dock" in Cambodia. The term applies to traditional villages, especi ...

and the former Sin Seng Quarry, the deepest

quarry A quarry is a type of open-pit mining, open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock (geology), rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground. The operation of quarries is regulated in some juri ...

in Singapore. In 1998, the quarry ceased operations and was transformed into a

freshwater Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. The term excludes seawater and brackish water, but it does include non-salty mi ...

habitat. Rifle Range Nature Park was first announced in 2017 by Minister for National Development Desmond Lee. At the park's launch, then-

Deputy Prime Minister A deputy prime minister or vice prime minister is, in some countries, a Minister (government), government minister who can take the position of acting prime minister when the prime minister is temporarily absent. The position is often likened to th ...

Lawrence Wong Lawrence Wong Shyun Tsai. In this Chinese name, the Chinese surname, family name is Huang (surname), Wong. In accordance with custom, the Western-style name is Lawrence Wong and the Chinese-style name is Wong Shyun Tsai. (born 18 December 197 ...

stated that, "we have expanded our green spaces and green connectors, and we have protected our nature reserves". The nature park was opened by Lawrence Wong and Desmond Lee.

Description

Rambai Boardwalk at Rifle Range Nature Park

Attractions

Rifle Range Nature Park has multiple attractions such as: * Rambai

Boardwalk A boardwalk (alternatively board walk, boarded path, or promenade) is an elevated footpath, walkway, or causeway typically built with wooden planks, which functions as a type of low water bridge or small viaduct that enables pedestrians to ...

, a 535-meter-long boardwalk * Gliders Boardwalk, a 411-meter-long boardwalk * Forest Exploration Trail, a 113-meter-long play area for children * Colugo Trail, a 582-meter-long trail; located above the Quarry

Wetland A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only seasonally. Flooding results in oxygen-poor ( anoxic) processes taking place, especially ...

. The Colugo Trail also leads to a deck called the Colugo Deck that is a 31-meter-tall lookout point above the quarry. * Banyan Trail, a 647-meter-long hiking trail * Gaharu Trail, a 842-meter-long hiking trail

Transportation

Rifle Range Nature Park is accessible from Exit A of Beauty World MRT station by going to Beauty World Centre via an overhead bridge. It is also accessible from bus services 41, 52, 61, 77, 157, 174, 184, 852, 961, 970, and 985.

References

{{Parks in Singapore 2022 establishments in Singapore Parks in Singapore Wetlands of Singapore Bukit Timah

History

Description

Attractions

Transportation

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