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 Wa ...

, 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 o ...

. 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 (''kampung'' in Malay and Indonesian) is the term for a village in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore and a "port" in Cambodia. The term applies to traditional villages, especially of the indigenous people, and has also been used t ...

and the former Sin Seng Quarry, the deepest

quarry A quarry is a type of open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground. The operation of quarries is regulated in some jurisdictions to reduce their envi ...

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. Although the term specifically excludes seawater and brackish water, it does include ...

habitat. Rifle Range Nature Park was first announced in 2017 by Minister for National Development

Desmond Lee Sir Henry Desmond Pritchard Lee (30 August 1908 – 8 December 1993) was an English classical scholar specialising in ancient philosophy who became a Fellow and tutor of Corpus Christi College at Cambridge University, a lecturer in the univers ...

. At the park's launch, then-

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

Lawrence Wong Lawrence Wong Shyun Tsai ( zh, c=黄循财, p=Huáng Xúncái; born 18 December 1972) is a Singaporean politician, economist and former civil servant who has been serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore since 2022 alongside Heng Swee Keat ...

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 built with wooden planks that enables pedestrians to cross wet, fragile, or marshy land. They are also in effect a low type of bridge ...

, 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 ecosystem that is flooded or saturated by water, either permanently (for years or decades) or seasonally (for weeks or months). Flooding results in oxygen-free (anoxic) processes prevailing, especially in the soils. The ...

. 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 Beauty World MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Downtown Line (DTL) in Bukit Timah, Singapore. Located along Upper Bukit Timah Road, this station took its name from the historic Beauty World, an amusement par ...

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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