4 attractions in Gapyeong County, including Nami Island (Namiseom), The Garden of Morning Calm and Yeoninsan Provincial Park.
Nature
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Nami Island (Namiseom) is a half-moon-shaped island in the Bukhan River, criss-crossed by avenues of metasequoias, Korean pines and ginkgo trees. It was not originally an island but a riverside hill; it became one in 1944, when the Cheongp…
Gardens & parks
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On the slopes of Chungnyeongsan in Gapyeong, The Garden of Morning Calm takes its name from an old epithet for Korea, "the land of the morning calm". Professor Han Sang-kyung of Sahmyook University's horticulture department designed it him…
Nature parks
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Yeoninsan in Gapyeong is a mountain with a story in its name. It had no name of its own until Gapyeong County held a naming contest, and since 1999 it has been called Yeoninsan, "Lovers' Mountain", meant as a place where love comes true. W…
Lakes
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Cheongpyeong Lake was created when the Cheongpyeong Dam blocked the Bukhangang River, about 50 km from Seoul. Water-sports centres, guesthouses and cafés line its mountain-ringed shores, making it one of the easiest lakeside getaways from…