What is the distance around Hoan Kiem lake in Hanoi?

Question

wanted to have a jog around the lake while in Hanoi...just wanted to know the distance around the whole thing

Answer 1

It is 2.5 kilometres of the lake. You can stay in some hotel nearby to that you can do jogging in the morning like many Presidents have done. Hang Trong hotel: 20 metres, Zephil hotel: 50 metres, Sofitel Metropole hotel: 15 metres and Hanoi Youth Hotel: 100 Metres.

Answer 2

The shoreline measures 0.94 miles.

The streets surrounding the lake measures 1.07 miles.

A good guess is the sidewalks surrounding Hoan Kiem Lake, which is where you will do your jogging, measures to a mile.

My choice of jogging between Hoan Kiem Lake or West Lake would be Hoan Kiem Lake. You can jog the whole shoreline of Hoan Kiem Lake, while you will not have access to several parts of the shoreline around West Lake. Also, I think Hoan Kiem Lake has a lot more to see than West Lake.

By the way...

The FiviMart on the West side of Hoan Kiem Lake probably has a sale on coconut juice now, which is a good natural energy drink.

Chao!

Answer 3

Good question.  I have walked clear around it several times and would guess it is 2 kilometers.  It is not huge lake;  it is pretty good size though and very pretty.  

Only 17 days and we will be there too.  Cheers.

Answer 4

about 2.5km

Answer 5

I think it is roughly a kilometre, or slightly more, Hoan Kiem is more like a pond. Maybe you can jog there, but you'll have to contend with hoards of strollers and people doing their morning calesthenics, as well the air quality is bad. Don't trip over the beggars and hawkers, either. Hoan Kiem's in the absolute heart of the city.

  For a better experience, it might be better to go  west of there over behind Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum is a bigger park and lake with a more extensive jogging path.