Mountain · South Jeolla
Duryunsan
두륜산
Duryunsan (703 m), Haenam: eight peaks above the South Sea at Korea’s southern tip, with Daeheungsa temple and warm evergreen forest.
Place details
- Region
- South Jeolla
- Type of place
- Mountain
- Locality in the source
- 해남군
- Summit height
- 703 m summit altitude, Korea Forest Service guide p. 118
Locate the place
Search by the Korean name and locality, then check the public entrance with the managing authority.
About Duryunsan
Duryunsan stands in the middle of the Haenam peninsula, near the southern tip of the Korean mainland, and became a provincial park in 1979. Eight peaks — Garyeonbong, Duryunbong, Gogyebong, Noseungbong and others — stand like a screen above the island-studded South Sea.
Warm, humid sea winds have carried a subtropical evergreen forest up its slopes, making it a living textbook of plant geography. At its foot lies Daeheungsa, a temple with 1,500 years of history and part of a UNESCO World Heritage listing.
The name describes a round head of rounded peaks.
Through the seasons
- Spring
- Azaleas on Noseungbong
- Summer
- Spring water at Iljiam hermitage
- Autumn
- Silver grass around the helipad between the peaks
- Winter
- Camellia forest in flower
Worth seeing
- Duryunsan cloud bridge 두륜산 구름다리A natural stone arch, one of the eight views of Daeheungsa.
- Daeheungsa 대흥사A 1,500-year-old temple in UNESCO World Heritage.
Where the main trail starts
Duryunsan cable car station 두륜산 케이블카 탑승소
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. 118.