Songshan Lake (Ecological Park) is located in the geometric center of Dongguan, with a total planned and controlled area of 163 square kilometers (including the Eastern Industrial Park). The Park has a sophisticated road traffic network, with Dongguan-Shenzhen Expressway passing through the northern industrial area of the park from north to south and Changping-Humen Expressway close to the south of the park. There are five highway entrances and exits around the park, namely Songshan Lake Dalang Station and Shida Road Station (Dongguan-Shenzhen Expressway), Songshan Lake Station, Dalingshan Station (Changping-Humen Expressway) and Songshan Lake South Station (Longhua-Dalingshan Expressway). The Dongguan-Panyu Expressway, which is currently under construction, will also pass immediately to the north of the park. In addition, the park is surrounded by traffic arteries such as the National Highway G107 Guanchang Road, S120 Guanlong Highway, S357 Guanhui Highway, S122 Shida Highway, S529 Dongping Avenue, Songshan Lake Avenue, Ecological Park Avenue, Eastern Expressway, Sangyuan-Chashan Expressway (under construction). Besides, construction of Phase III of Huanguan Highway and the passage from Songshan Lake Science City to Guangming Science City (Dongguan section) has already started. The second tunnel of Songshan Lake is also under planning.
Songshan Lake is situated at the hinterland of the golden corridor between Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong. Departing from Songshan Lake, it takes about 30 minutes to arrive at Shenzhen airport, 1.5 hours to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, 2 hours to Hong Kong International Airport and container terminals, and 2.5 hours to Zhuhai Jinwan Airport. In terms of the railway network, there is Guangzhou-Shenzhen Railway, which connects with the Beijing-Kowloon Railway in Dongguan (Dongguan East Station), and it takes only 15 minutes to get to Dongguan East Station. Both R1 and R3 lines of Dongguan Rail Transit under construction pass through Songshan Lake. The section of the Dongguan-Huizhou intercity railway from Daojiao Station to Xiaojinkou Station went into operation on December 28, 2017, with Songshan Lake North Station located in the park. Besides, Foshan-Dongguan intercity railway is expected to connect with Dongguan-Huizhou intercity railway at Wanghong Station in the first half of 2021.