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Bukhansan

북한산

Bukhansan (835.6 m), Seoul: granite domes around Baegundae in a national park inside the capital, reached by subway and bus.

Warm sunlight on the granite peaks and forested ridges of Bukhansan
Baegundae and the granite ridges of Bukhansan. Photo: Olga Lipunova

  • 15 Nov – 15 Dec 2026

    Autumn fire-season trail closures

    The Korea National Park Service closes 148 trail sections in the national parks for the autumn wildfire season: 115 fully and 33 in part. Other trails stay open as usual. Check the closure list for your park before you set off.

    KNPS · trail closure listSource: KNPS

Place details

Region
Seoul · Gyeonggi
Type of place
Mountain
Locality in the source
강북구 · 성북구 · 종로구 · 은평구 · 고양시 · 양주시
Summit height
835.6 m summit altitude, Korea Forest Service guide p. 196

Getting there

4 official trailheads are listed below with a public transport planner: choose a trailhead, then start from your location or a station.

Trailheads you can reach by public transport

Bukhansan has more than one way in. These are official trailheads named by the managing authority. Choose one for the way up and, if you cross the mountain, another for the way down.

Shaded relief of Bukhansan with its official trailheads numbered and the summit marked Baegundae 835.6 m1234
Terrain from Copernicus DEM GLO-90 (© DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA). Trailhead and summit positions © OpenStreetMap contributors; summit height from the Korea Forest Service guide. Not a hiking map: trails are not drawn. Select a number to plan a trip to that trailhead.
  1. Seoul Hiking Tourism Center (Bukhansan) · Bukhansan Ui Station 서울 등산관광센터(북한산) · 북한산우이역
  2. Bukhansanseong Visitor Center 북한산성탐방지원센터
  3. Gugi Visitor Center 구기탐방지원센터
  4. Samcheon Visitor Center 삼천탐방지원센터
Trailheads checked .

About Bukhansan

Bukhansan rises on the northern edge of Seoul and became a national park with Dobongsan in 1983. Its main peak, Baegundae, stands with Insubong and Mangyeongdae in a crown of bare granite domes.

The domes formed as deep weathered rock wore away and released the granite below, which split in great sheets. Between the peaks clear streams run over rock floors, all within reach of the city.

From the top the whole of Seoul spreads below, with Suraksan in the distance.

Through the seasons

Spring
Azaleas on the ridges
Summer
Clear rock pools and the Bibong ridge
Autumn
Baegundae in colour
Winter
Rime ice on the peaks

Worth seeing

  • Baegundae 백운대The highest peak, with all of Seoul below.
  • Borisa 보리사A small temple ringed by the main peaks.

Written from the Korea Forest Service guide 꼭 한번 가 볼 우리 100대 명산, p. 196.

Sources

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