If you have hiked on mutianyu and badaling great wall before and want to challenge some other great wall sessions during your stay in beijing jinshanling great wall could be a good choice for you it is located about 140 kilometers 87 miles northeast of beijing city china it is the best preserved part of the great wall in the ming dynasty 1368 1644 with many original features jinshanling connects to the simatai section of the wall in the east and gubeikou section in the west this hikin