National park · South Jeolla / South Gyeongsang
Hallyeohaesang National Park
한려해상국립공원
Hallyeohaesang National Park: Korea’s first marine national park, the Hallyeosudo waterway of islands from Geoje to Odongdo in Yeosu.
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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.
Plan your visit
A Namhae beach visit or a Geumsan walk?
Hallyeohaesang covers widely separated coastal districts. These choices focus on its Sangju–Geumsan area in Namhae, where a beach visit, a forest loop and a summit climb begin at distinct access points.
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Time beside the sea
Sangju Eunmorae Beach
Start at Sangju Eunmorae Beach 상주은모래비치
Choose Sangju for a visit along Namhae’s sandy shore. The public-transport directions below bring you to the beach area from Namhae Bus Terminal. Keep this as your destination when a coastal visit is the aim.
Getting to Sangju Beach -
A shorter forest circuit
Geumsan nature-observation trail
Start at Geumsan Visitor Support Center 금산탐방지원센터
The park lists a 1.2 km loop from the Geumsan entrance, with about one hour for the full circuit. Interpretation signs introduce the woodland and plants. This loop begins at the mountain entrance, separate from Sangju Beach.
Official Geumsan nature loop -
A mountain climb above the coast
Geumsan, Ssanghongmun and Boriam
Start at Geumsan Visitor Support Center 금산탐방지원센터
Geumsan Course 1 climbs past Ssanghongmun and Boriam to the summit. The official 2.2 km and 1 hour 30 minutes cover the ascent; allow separately for the return. Choose this for the rock landscape and sea views from higher ground.
Official Geumsan summit route
The bus directions below are for Sangju Beach
They start at Namhae Bus Terminal and end in the Sangju beach area. For either Geumsan walk, arrange arrival at Geumsan Visitor Support Center. The beach stop and the mountain trailhead are separate destinations.
Place details
- Region
- South Jeolla · South Gyeongsang
- Type of place
- National park
Getting there
Start at Namhae Bus Terminal
Entrance or stop 상주은모래비치
- From Namhae Bus Terminal, take a local rural bus heading to Sangju or Mijo via Sangju (상주·미조).
- Ask for Sangju Eunmorae Beach (상주은모래비치) in the park's Sangju district. Confirm the beach stop with the driver when boarding.
About Hallyeohaesang National Park
Hallyeohaesang was designated on 31 December 1968 as Korea’s first marine national park. It follows a sea route of some 300 ri from Jisimdo in Geoje, South Gyeongsang, to Odongdo in Yeosu, South Jeolla, and 77.2% of its area is sea.
The Hallyeosudo waterway, famed as Korea’s most beautiful sea route, is scattered with 81 uninhabited and 27 inhabited islands. Volcanic activity, weathering by sea wind and water, and dinosaur habitats can all be read in its rocks; Sochido and Geumsan in Namhae and the dinosaur fossils of Adudo in Sacheon are its geology sites.
The park is managed in six districts: Sangju–Geumsan, Namhae Bridge, Sacheon, Tongyeong–Hansan, Geoje–Haegeumgang and Yeosu–Odongdo. More than three million people visit each year.
Worth seeing
- Namhae Geumsan 남해 금산A geology site in the Sangju–Geumsan district.
- Haegeumgang 해금강Centre of the Geoje–Haegeumgang district.
- Odongdo 오동도Island at the Yeosu end of the park.
Written from the Korea National Park Service park introduction.