Cheongchoho Lake (청초호) – Homepage www.sokchotour.comchungchoho.co.kr – Tel +82-33-639-2690 Cheongchoho Lake, located in the center of Sokcho city, is a large natural lake with a circumference of 5 m and an area of 1.3 km2. The source water originates from the Misiryeong Valley of Taebaek Mountain Range and flows to the Cheongchocheon Stream and to…

Gossigul Cave [National Geopark] (고씨굴-강원고생대 국가지질공원) – Homepage www.paleozoicgp.comwww.yw.go.kr – Tel +82-33-560-2379 Gossigul Cave was designated as a Natural Monument on June 4, 1969, getting protection from the government for its educational and natural values. In 1974, the cave was opened to the public. The cave has various levels with underground water flowing on the…

Sutasa Temple (수타사) – Homepage www.sutasa.org – Tel +82-33-436-6611 Gongjaksan Mountain (887 m), home to Sutasa Temple and named for its resemblance to a peacock proudly displaying its tail feathers, gives visitors a bird’s-eye-view of Hongcheon. From the bottom, Gongjaksan Mountain looks like a giant laying on his back, looking up to the sky. The…

Taebaeksan National Park (태백산 국립공원) – Homepage taebaek.knps.or.kr – Tel +82-33-550-0000 Taebaeksan Mountain range encompasses several peaks such as Yeongbong Peak (alt. 1,560 m), where in the past, people would conduct rites to venerate Heaven at Cheonjedan Altar; Janggunbong Peak (alt. 1,567 m), Munsubong Peak (alt. 1,517 m), and its summit of Hambaeksan Mountain (alt….

Jiktangpokpo Falls [National Geopark] (직탕폭포 (한탄강 국가지질공원)) – Homepage www.hantangeopark.kr – Tel +82-33-450-5534 Jiktangpokpo Falls is location in the middle of Hantangang River, which runs through town of Dongsong-eup in Cheorwon. Unlike other falls, Jiktangpokpo Falls is not tall, but wide instead as the 3 meter-high falls stretch almost 60 meters from bank to bank….

Yeongwol Beopheungsa Temple (법흥사(영월)) – Homepage bubheungsa.kr – Tel +82-33-374-9177 Beopheungsa Temple was created by Jajangyulsa in 647, called Heungnyeongsa Temple at the time, under the reign of King Jindeok of Silla to enshrine Jinsinsari of Buddha. At that time, Preceptor Jinghyo earned 100 Jinsinsari of Munsubosal and enshrined them at Yangsan Tongdosa Temple, Odaesan…

Pak Kyongni House (박경리문학공원) – Homepage www.tojipark.com – Tel +82-33-762-6843 Pak Kyongni House is a place to explore the life and works of prominent novelist Pak Kyongni. The house’s theme was based on Pak Kyongni’s well-known novel “Toji” (The Land).The site used to be her old house before it was converted into a park. Covering…

Paroho Lake (Yanggu) (파로호(양구)) – Homepage www.ygtour.kr – Tel +82-33-480-2531 Paroho Lake is a manmade lake that was completed in 1943. The lake was created due to the construction of a hydraulic power plant in Hwacheon during Japanese colonial period. The name was given after President Syngman Rhee designated a plaque in his own handwriting…

Sangwonsa Temple (상원사(오대산)) – Homepage woljeongsa.org – Tel +82-33-332-6666 Sangwonsa Temple is located 8 kilometers north of Woljeongsa Temple. The temple was built by Buddhist monk Ja Jang in the 12th year of Silla Queen Seondeok, and rebuilt in 705 during the 4th year of King Seongdeok’s reign. It burned down in 1946, but was…

Samcheok Cheoneunsa Temple (천은사(삼척)) – Homepage cafe.daum.net/cheoneunsa – Tel +82-33-572-0221 Cheoneunsa Temple is located on Dutasan Mountain in Miro-myeon, Samcheok-si, Gangwon-do. At the tail end of the Goryeo dynasty, Lee Seung-hyu, a renowned scholar, wrote ‘Jewangungi’, an epic for the Korean people at Cheoneunsa temple. After the temple burnt down during the Korean War, the…