Mountain · South Gyeongsang
Yeonhwasan
연화산
Yeonhwasan (524 m), Goseong: deep pine and bamboo valleys, Okcheonsa temple and dinosaur footprints.
Place details
- Region
- South Gyeongsang
- Type of place
- Mountain
- Locality in the source
- 고성군
- Summit height
- 524 m summit altitude, Korea Forest Service guide p. 242
Locate the place
Search by the Korean name and locality, then check the public entrance with the managing authority.
About Yeonhwasan
Yeonhwasan in Goseong, South Gyeongsang, gathers about ten peaks — Seonyubong, Oknyeobong, Tangeumbong — into deep, quiet valleys. Pine and bamboo forests, old temples and the Eight Views of Yeonhwa made it a provincial park in 1983.
Thick pine stands surround Okcheonsa on the north side, while large bamboo groves fill the mid-slope valleys. In the Okcheonsa valley, Cretaceous dinosaur footprints are preserved in the rock.
It is a gentle, earth-covered mountain of easy slopes.
Worth seeing
- Okcheonsa 옥천사An old temple in pine forest.
- Dinosaur footprints 공룡 발자국 화석Cretaceous tracks in the Okcheonsa valley.
Where the main trail starts
Yeonhwasan Provincial Park car park 연화산도립공원 주차장
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. 242.