Mountain · South Gyeongsang
Mireuksan
미륵산
Mireuksan (458.4 m), Tongyeong: a cable car to views over the Hallyeo waterway, and on clear days to Tsushima.
Place details
- Region
- South Gyeongsang
- Type of place
- Mountain
- Locality in the source
- 통영시
- Summit height
- 458.4 m summit altitude, Korea Forest Service guide p. 156
Locate the place
Search by the Korean name and locality, then check the public entrance with the managing authority.
About Mireuksan
Mireuksan stands in the middle of Mireukdo island in Tongyeong. Since 2008 a cable car has run from Bongpyeong-dong to a viewpoint near the top, where the whole Hallyeo waterway spreads below.
Not high, it still has everything a famous mountain needs: forest streams, rock caves, old temples and springs, azaleas in spring and maple in autumn. On clear days Tsushima in Japan is visible, and a Joseon naval beacon site stands on the peak.
Yonghwasa and its hermitages, including Dosolam from 943, sit on its slopes.
Through the seasons
- Spring
- Azaleas over the Hallyeo waterway
- Summer
- The national park sea from the cable car
- Autumn
- Small trees in autumn colour
- Winter
- Tongyeong’s sea from the snowy top
Worth seeing
- Cable car viewpoint 케이블카 전망대Views to Tsushima on clear days.
- Beacon site 미륵산 봉수대A Joseon naval signal post below the summit.
Where the main trail starts
Yonghwasa square 용화사 광장
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. 156.