Chestnut Nature Park is finally fully open.

It is Singapore's largest nature park and is made up of two areas: Chestnut Nature Park (South) and Chestnut Nature Park (North)

The northern portion of park is the latest to be opened on Feb. 25, 2017, while the southern portion opened earlier in 2016.

Situated next to the Central Catchment Nature Reserve, the park is 81 hectares, about the same size as the 82-ha Singapore Botanic Gardens.

In total, the hiking trail is 5.6km, while the mountain biking trail is 8.2km. It has separate trails for bikers and hikers.

The park is the third of five buffer parks to the Central Catchment Nature Reserve. Their purpose is to act as buffers to protect the reserves from the impact of urbanisation.

Hiking Trails

The total length of hiking trails in the entire nature park is 5.6 km.

The trail is slightly undulating with different experiences along the way.

One of the trails targeted at nature lovers, has been set slightly apart from the main hiking trail.

It is lined with a variety of exotic vegetation, such as majestic ficus trees, durian trees and tree ferns. It also offers visitors a glimpse of remnants of old kampong dwellings, wells and roads scattered within the site.

Hikers can trek directly from Chestnut Nature Park to Dairy Farm Nature Park.

Mountain Biking Trail

The 8.2 km mountain biking trail comprises of varying levels of difficulty ranging from easy, moderately difficult, very difficult and extremely difficult.

Tender foot (Easy)

Cubs (Moderately difficult)

Blue Quail (Moderately difficult)

Grasshopper (Very difficult)

Slider (Moderately difficult)

Side Step (Very difficult)

Watchtower Blue (Moderately difficult)

On The Rocks (Extremely difficult)

Black Crawler (Very difficult)

Besides the biking trails, the park also has a pump track where cyclists can attempt stunts.

How to get there:

By Bus

Take bus 700 or 966 and alight at Block 202, Petir Road. From the bus stop, take an approximately 2km (30mins) walk along Petir Road/Chestnut Ave into Chestnut Nature Park.

By Car

Chestnut Nature Park’s car park is sited near the eastern end of Chestnut Avenue. If you’re coming from the north (e.g. Bukit Panjang), drive along Petir Road and turn left at Chestnut Avenue. If you’re coming from the south (e.g. Dairy Farm), drive along Petir Road and turn right at Chestnut Avenue. After turning, drive for about 1.5km along Chestnut Avenue and you will arrive at Chestnut Nature Park’s carpark on your left.

Opening Hours: 7am-7pm

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