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정선군
Rising between Jeongseon and Pyeongchang, Gariwangsan (1,561 m) is one of the big mountains that, together with Odaesan, form the "roof" of the Gangwon ranges. It is an earth-covered mountain rather than a rocky one, so forest reaches all…
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합천군
Gayasan is a rocky 1,433 m mountain on the border of Hapcheon (South Gyeongsang) and Seongju (North Gyeongsang), with Haeinsa Temple, home of the Tripitaka Koreana woodblocks, on its southern slopes. It was long counted among the "eight gr…
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파주시
Rising on the border of Paju, Yangju and Yeoncheon, Gamaksan (675 m) has long been counted among the five sacred peaks of Gyeonggi. Its name means "dark-blue rock mountain", from the black and blue sheen said to shine from its rocks. A sus…
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강화군
At the southwestern tip of Ganghwa Island, Manisan (472.1 m) is the island's highest peak. On its summit stands Chamseongdan, a stone altar where, according to old geographical records, Dangun, the mythical founder of Korea, offered sacrif…
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제주시
Jeju has more than 360 oreum, its small volcanic cones, but only one is part of the UNESCO World Natural Heritage site: Geomunoreum. Lava from this volcano flowed northeast all the way to the coast, creating some 20 lava tubes, including M…
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경주시
Climb the pine paths and you find a Buddha on almost every rock: some carved in shallow relief, some sitting headless. Namsan in Gyeongju was the most sacred mountain of the Silla kingdom, and its valleys hold the remains of about 100 temp…
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서울특별시
Gwanaksan is a 632 m granite mountain rising on Seoul's southern edge, and you can start hiking straight from a subway station. At the summit, Yeonjudae, a small hermitage clings to the top of a sheer cliff – one of the most dramatic sight…
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수원시
Gwanggyosan rises on the border of Suwon and Yongin; its highest peak, Sirubong, is given as 582 m or 585 m depending on the source. Standing alone in a plain with no other large mountains nearby, it has long been seen as Suwon's guardian…
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제주시
Rising above the farmland of Geumak-ri in Hallim, western Jeju, Geum Oreum is a volcanic cone with a large round crater at the top. It stands 427.5 m above sea level but only about 178 m above its base, so a short climb brings you to the r…
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구미시
Geumosan is a 976-metre rocky mountain rising right behind the city of Gumi, and in 1970 it became Korea's first provincial park. A cable car takes you halfway up, where a waterfall, a cliff-face cave and a Goryeo-era rock-carved Buddha fo…
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서울특별시
Behind Daehangno, a low hill follows the Seoul City Wall up to its crest: this is Naksan (about 125 m), laid out as Naksan Park. From the wall you look across downtown Seoul to Namsan, and the hill is best known for its night view, when th…
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정읍시
In autumn, the maples on both sides of the road into Naejangsan meet overhead and form a red tunnel. The mountain, 763 m high on the border of Jeongeup and Sunchang, has been famous for its autumn colour for more than 500 years. On peak da…
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구례군
At the western end of Jirisan, 1,507 m Nogodan is the easiest of the range's high peaks to reach. Drive up to Seongsamjae pass at about 1,100 m and an hour or two on foot brings you onto a broad upland. It is counted with Cheonwangbong and…
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강릉시
Daegwallyeong is an 832 m pass over the Taebaek Mountains linking Pyeongchang and Gangneung in Gangwon Province. For centuries it was the gateway between the inland Yeongseo region and the east-coast Yeongdong region. Today the top of the…
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대구
Apsan, literally "the mountain in front", rises right along the southern edge of central Daegu. On the north-facing valleys of this 660 m ridge lies the city's largest urban nature park, and a cable car takes you up to an observatory in ab…
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완주군
Grey rock pinnacles stand layered like a folding screen, and a red suspension bridge hangs in the air between them. Daedunsan straddles Nonsan and Geumsan in South Chungcheong and Wanju in North Jeolla. At 878 m it is not high, but thanks…
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무주군
In winter every tree on the ridges is coated in white frost, and from the summit the mountain ranges roll away layer after layer in every direction. Deogyusan rises to 1,614 m across Muju and Jangsu in North Jeolla and Geochang and Hamyang…
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서울특별시
Spanning Seoul's Dobong District and the cities of Uijeongbu and Yangju in Gyeonggi Province, Dobongsan is a mountain you can start climbing almost straight off the subway. Next to its highest peak, Jaunbong (739.5 m), the blade-like rock…
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동해시
Not far inland from the East Sea coast rises a deep mountain of granite gorges and waterfalls. Dutasan straddles the cities of Donghae and Samcheok in Gangwon Province, and sources give its height as 1,353 m or 1,357 m. Far more people wal…
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완주군
Where Jeonju, Gimje and Wanju meet, Moaksan rises to 793 m. Standing alone at the eastern edge of the vast Gimje plain, its summit looks out over the whole Honam lowland. True to its name, "Mother Mountain", it shelters a wide family of te…
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목포시
Rising right behind Mokpo's old town, Yudalsan is only 228 m high, but its rocky peaks stand like a folding screen, and it has long been called the "Gaegolsan of Honam", after the winter name of the Diamond Mountains. It is one of the Eigh…
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광주
This rounded mountain can be seen from almost anywhere in Gwangju. Near the top stand Seoseokdae and Ipseokdae, rows of stone columns like folding screens; their individual columns are the largest of their kind recorded in South Korea. Mud…
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고성군
Misiryeong is an 826 m pass over the Baekdudaegan ridge between Inje and Sokcho in Gangwon Province. Climb the twisting old road from the Sokcho side and Seoraksan's Ulsanbawi Rock stands right in front of you like a folding screen, while…
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대전광역시
Rising along the southern edge of downtown Daejeon, Bomunsan is a 457.6 m city mountain and one of the Eight Views of Daejeon. Climb to the old Baekje fortress near the top and the whole city spreads out below you. Its biggest advantage is…