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Gamaksan

감악산

Gamaksan (675 m), Paju: views over the Imjin River to Kaesong, a 150 m suspension bridge and Ungye Falls.

A long red suspension bridge spanning a deep wooded gorge on Gamaksan in late-autumn light
The suspension bridge across a gorge on Gamaksan. Photo: Gage Skidmore

Place details

Region
Gyeonggi
Type of place
Mountain
Locality in the source
파주시 · 양주시 · 연천군
Summit height
675 m summit altitude, Korea Forest Service guide p. 24

Getting there

2 official trailheads are listed below with a public transport planner: choose a trailhead, then start from your location or a station.

Trailheads you can reach by public transport

Gamaksan has more than one way in. These are official trailheads named by the managing authority. Choose one for the way up and, if you cross the mountain, another for the way down.

Shaded relief of Gamaksan with its official trailheads numbered and the summit marked Gamaksan summit 675 m12
Terrain from Copernicus DEM GLO-90 (© DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA). Trailhead and summit positions © OpenStreetMap contributors; summit height from the Korea Forest Service guide. Not a hiking map: trails are not drawn. Select a number to plan a trip to that trailhead.
  1. Beomnyunsa entrance (courses 1 and 2) 범륜사 입구 (1·2코스)
  2. Rest-area car park by the suspension bridge (course 3) 휴게소 주차장 · 출렁다리 (3코스)
Trailheads checked .

About Gamaksan

Gamaksan is the highest point of Paju, where Paju, Yangju and Yeoncheon meet in Gyeonggi. One of the five great peaks of old Gyeonggi, it was honoured with state rites every spring and autumn.

From the top you look across the Imjin River to the hills of the demilitarised zone, and on clear days to Songaksan in Kaesong. A 150 m suspension bridge, waterfalls and the cave where the bandit hero Im Kkeok-jeong hid add to the climb; British and Korean war memorials stand in Seolmari valley.

The name means dark blue rock mountain, for the black and blue light seen between its rocks.

Through the seasons

Spring
The suspension bridge among new leaves
Summer
Views from Imkkeokjeong Peak
Autumn
Colour between dark blue rocks
Winter
A 3D light show on the Ungye Falls cliff

Worth seeing

  • Gamaksan Suspension Bridge 감악산 출렁다리150 m across Seolmari gorge.
  • Ungye Falls 운계폭포A 20 m fall, also called Biryong Falls.

Written from the Korea Forest Service guide 꼭 한번 가 볼 우리 100대 명산, p. 24.

Sources

Places that share this Korean name

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