Mountain · North Gyeongsang / North Chungcheong
Daeyasan
대야산
Daeyasan (931 m), Mungyeong: rock peaks on the Baekdudaegan above the heart-shaped Yongchu pool and Seonyudong valleys.
Place details
- Region
- North Gyeongsang · North Chungcheong
- Type of place
- Mountain
- Locality in the source
- 문경시 · 괴산군
- Summit height
- 931 m summit altitude, Korea Forest Service guide p. 94
Locate the place
Search by the Korean name and locality, then check the public entrance with the managing authority.
About Daeyasan
Daeyasan stands on the Baekdudaegan between Mungyeong and Goesan, inside Songnisan National Park. Steep rock peaks rise above two famous valleys, the inner and outer Seonyudong.
Yongchu, one of the eight views of Mungyeong, is a heart-shaped pool cut into granite below a fall, where two dragons are said to have risen to heaven. Broad white slabs, moonlit Wolyeongdae and the pavilion Hakcheonjeong line the stream.
Old gazetteers record many spellings of the name; one says only a basin-sized peak stayed above a great flood.
Through the seasons
- Spring
- Rock and the Seonyudong stream
- Summer
- Yongchu Falls in the heat
- Autumn
- Colour at Wolyeongdae
- Winter
- A frozen waterfall
Worth seeing
- Yongchu Falls 용추폭포A heart-shaped pool in granite.
- Mushroom Rock 버섯바위A balanced boulder on the summit path.
Where the main trail starts
Daeyasan car park 대야산 주차장
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. 94.