The Long Islands (Changdao) lie between the Shaodong and the Liaodong Peninsula: 32 islands with different features. Cheyou Island (RMB10 for entrance) is the kingdom of birds, where you'll find tens of thousands of birds of various species. Heishan Island is home to more than ten thousand snakes. Other famous islands are Zushan Island with its bamboo forests and the rock-serried Tuoji Island. The major popular islands are the Nanchangshan Island, the Beichangshan Island and the Miao Island. The Long Islands are also famous for a mirage phenomenon which occurs especially after showers in July or August.

Named after the Yuhuang Temple, the Yuhuangding Park is located on a quiet hill in the Chefoo district and is famous for its fairyland-like view resembling that of Penglai, which explains the temple's second name of "Little Penglai". The Yuhuang Temple was first built in the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368) and expanded and renovated in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The layout of the temple is quite formal. It has a red gate, a middle palace, a back hall, right and left wing rooms and an enclosed garden.

The Yantai museum building was originally a guild hall. It was built in the Qing Dynasty by foreign merchants and ship-owners of Fujian Province. In 1858, it became the Yantai Museum. It houses exquisite carvings. The beams of the entrance hall are in the shape of a woman lying on her side nursing a baby and the eaves feature Arab figures playing musical instruments. There are also lively drawings of scenes of old Chinese stories, such as the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea (Baxian guohai), the defeated but faithful Han General Suwu who was punished had to live as a shepherd for nineteen years (Suwu muyang) and some scenes taken from the Three Kingdoms (Sanguo yanyi). The museum houses rich collection of articles and documents recording every aspect of the history of Yantai.