Auraji Lake (아우라지) – Homepage www.jeongseon.go.kr – Tel +82-1544-9053 Auraji is the name of a lake located in Yeoryang-myeon in Jeongseon-gun. It is here that Jeongseon Arirang, the Intangible Cultural Asset of Gangwon-do, originated. The area has long been famous for its beautiful, clean mountains and rivers. Its name is derived from the Korean word…

Sambong National Recreational Forest (국립 삼봉자연휴양림) – Homepage www.foresttrip.go.kr – Tel +82-33-435-8536 Located in Odaesan National Park, Sambong National Recreational Forest is filled with large acicular trees like fir and broad-leaved trees like birch. Lenoks, a species of freshwater fish that are considered a Korean natural treasure, found only in the cleanest water, thrive in…

Mukho Lighthouse (묵호 등대) – Homepage www.dh.go.kr – Tel +82-33-531-3258 Established on June 8, 1963, Mukho Lighthouse serves as a guarding beacon of ships coming and going at Mukho port. Mukho Lighthouse is a 12 meter-tall white circular concrete structure with two floors located at an altitude of 67 m. It is surrounded by a…

Yoseonjeong Pavilion & Yoseonam Rock (요선정·요선암) – Homepage www.yw.go.krwww.cha.go.kr – Tel +82-33-370-2140 Yoseonjeong Pavilion is located in a valley with a clear stream water flowing below. Next to the pavilion is a large rock with the word Yoseonnam inscribed on it. During the Unified Silla period, there was a small hermitage where Yoseongjeong Pavilion stands…

Seondol Cliff [National Geopark] (선돌 (강원고생대 국가지질공원)) – Homepage www.paleozoicgp.comwww.yw.go.kr – Tel +82-1577-0545 Seondol Cliff features a large split rock standing over the curving river below. The scene created by these two natural elements appears other-worldly. A rocky outcrop appears to have been cut away from the main cliff with a giant knife. Geologically, it…

Soyangho Lake (Inje Section) (소양호-인제) – Homepage www.gangwon.to tour.inje.go.kr – Tel +82-33-460-2170 Soyangho Lake, one of the biggest manmade lakes in Korea, along with Chungjuho Lake, was created in 1973 when the world’s fourth largest dam, Soyang Dam, standing 123 meters high, was constructed. The 60-kilometer watercourse connecting Chuncheon and Inje is a route along…

Eorayeon Valley -Gangwon Paleozoic Geopark (어라연-강원고생대 국가지질공원) – Homepage www.koreageoparks.kr www.yw.go.kr – Tel +82-33-372-1705 A beautiful and mysterious valley located 12 km up the Donggang River, Eorayeon Valley is renowned for its clean waters and for the many fish that inhabit it. The valley has beautiful rock formations and a dense pine forest that were…

Lee Hyo-seok Culture Village (이효석문화마을) – Homepage tour.pc.go.kr – Tel +82-33-335-9669 Lee Hyo-seok Culture Village is the place where the author Lee Hyo-seok (pen name “Gasan”) was born and raised. The village is also the setting of the author’s novel “When the Buckwheat Blossoms,” one of the most celebrated Korean short stories to date. In…

Ganhyeon Tourist Area (간현관광지) – Homepage ganhyeon.wonju.go.krwww.wonju.go.kr Ganhyeon Tourist Area, which is located 18 kilometers to the west of the city of Wonju, is seated where the Seomgang River and Samsancheon Stream, which are branches of the Namhangang River, come together and meet. 40- to 50-meter-high uniquely-shaped rocks and cliffs on both sides of the…

Cheorwon Korean Workers’ Party Headquarters (철원 노동당사) – Homepage www.cwg.go.kr – Tel +82-33-450-5558 This three-story building located in Cheorwon-eup was constructed in 1946. Used as the headquarters of the Labor Party until the break of the Korean War on June 25, it is now a tourist attraction that still holds onto the vestiges of the…