The slightly less famous Huanghuacheng section of the wall is 60 km from Beijing in Huanghuacheng Town. This 10,800-meter section of the wall is the strongest and most well built, with six forts guarding six passes, twelve beacon towers, and thirty-two watchtowers. Ming Dynasty General Cai Kai supervised its construction. So long did it take and so great were the resources he poured into it that the Emperor concluded that General Cai Kai must be embezzling and had him executed.

Seventy-five km northwest of Beijing in Yanqing County lies the Juyongguan pass.

The Guangou Valley, 18 kilometers in length, lies more than 50 kilometers away from Beijing in Changping County.

Jinshanling is an 11-kilometer section built on the Jin mountains is about 140 kilometers northeast of Beijing, adjacent to Simatai.

General Qi Jiguang supervised the building of the Simatai section of the Great Wall.

Mutianyu Great Wall runs for 22 kilometer from the southeast to the northeast between Juyongguan Pass and Gubeikou.