Mountain · North Jeolla
Maisan
마이산
Maisan (687.4 m), Jinan: two rock peaks shaped like a horse’s ears, with the hand-built stone towers of Tapsa.
Place details
- Region
- North Jeolla
- Type of place
- Mountain
- Locality in the source
- 진안군
- Summit height
- 687.4 m summit altitude, Korea Forest Service guide p. 132
Locate the place
Search by the Korean name and locality, then check the public entrance with the managing authority.
About Maisan
Maisan rises on the Jinan plateau in North Jeolla, two great peaks of conglomerate rock that look like a horse’s ears from afar. Because the whole mountain is a single mass of rock, few trees grow on it, and its walls are pitted with weathering hollows.
It became a provincial park in 1979 and a national scenic site in 2003. Tapsa, at the foot of Sutmaisan, holds stacked stone towers that sway in the wind but do not fall, along with old trees protected as natural monuments.
Old records call the peaks the father and mother mountains; each season gives them a new name.
Through the seasons
- Spring
- Twin peaks in mist like two ship masts
- Summer
- Peaks like dragon horns above the trees
- Autumn
- Horse’s ears in autumn colour
- Winter
- Dark peaks like ink brushes in the snow
Worth seeing
- Tapsa stone towers 마이산탑Hand-built stone towers that sway but stand.
- Eunsusa 은수사A temple framed by both peaks.
Where the main trail starts
Maisan bus stop 마이산(버스정류장)
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. 132.