Mountain · North Jeolla / South Jeolla
Bangjangsan
방장산
Bangjangsan (743 m), Gochang: one of Honam’s three sacred mountains, a wide-view ridge with a paragliding meadow.
Place details
- Region
- North Jeolla · South Jeolla
- Type of place
- Mountain
- Locality in the source
- 고창군 · 정읍시 · 장성군
- Summit height
- 743 m summit altitude, Korea Forest Service guide p. 164
Locate the place
Search by the Korean name and locality, then check the public entrance with the managing authority.
About Bangjangsan
Bangjangsan rises where Gochang, Jeongeup and Jangseong meet, the highest point of the ridge running west from Naejangsan. With Jirisan and Mudeungsan it has long been honoured as one of the three sacred mountains of Honam.
It springs straight up from the plain in simple, bold lines, so the view is wide: Gochang town, its fortress and the fields spread out like a picture map. Old temples sit on its slopes, and its waters run north to the West Sea and south to the Yeongsan River.
A cypress forest and recreation forest cover the middle slopes.
Through the seasons
- Spring
- Spring over the Gochang plain
- Summer
- Cypress scent in summer
- Autumn
- Asters and silver grass on Eoksaebong
- Winter
- Snowy ridges from the rock viewpoint
Worth seeing
- Eoksaebong 억새봉A wide meadow used for paragliding.
- Bangjangsa 방장사A small temple looking over the Gochang fields.
Where the main trail starts
Jangseong Galjae Unification Park 장성갈재 통일공원
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. 164.