Mountain · North Gyeongsang
Geumosan
금오산
Geumosan (976.5 m), Gumi: Korea’s first provincial park, with a Goryeo summit fortress, Daehye Falls and a cable car.
Place details
- Region
- North Gyeongsang
- Type of place
- Mountain
- Locality in the source
- 구미시 · 칠곡군 · 김천시
- Summit height
- 976.5 m summit altitude, Korea Forest Service guide p. 60
Locate the place
Search by the Korean name and locality, then check the public entrance with the managing authority.
About Geumosan
Geumosan is Gumi’s mountain, on the border with Chilgok and Gimcheon, and Korea’s first provincial park. It rises abruptly from the flat Nakdong valley, steep and rugged though not very high.
The summit plateau holds Geumosanseong, a Goryeo fortress built along natural rock walls, with wells and ponds from the Imjin War. A cable car, Daehye Falls and a Buddha carved into a rock corner are along the way.
The monk Ado saw a golden crow fly into the sunset here and named it Golden Crow Mountain; the ridgeline is said to trace the character for king.
Through the seasons
- Spring
- Views from the cable car
- Summer
- The roar of Daehye Falls
- Autumn
- Yaksaam in autumn colour
- Winter
- Snow around the rock-carved Buddha
Worth seeing
- Daehye Falls 대혜폭포Fed by the fortress wells and ponds above.
- Yaksaam 약사암A hermitage below Yaksabong with views over Gumi.
Where the main trail starts
Geumosan Provincial Park lawn 금오산도립공원 잔디광장
A main route in the Forest Service guide begins here. Search the Korean name to plan your bus or taxi to the entrance.
Written from the Korea Forest Service guide 꼭 한번 가 볼 우리 100대 명산, p. 60.