National park · North Jeolla / South Jeolla
Naejangsan National Park
내장산국립공원
Naejangsan National Park: a horseshoe of rock peaks over Jeongeup, Sunchang and Jangseong, called the Geumgang of Honam for its autumn colour.
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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
Naejangsa or Baegyangsa?
Autumn woodland and rock peaks draw visitors to different sides of Naejangsan. Choose your temple valley first, then plan the journey to that entrance.
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Woodland and autumn colour
Naejangsa and the nature trail
Start at Naejangsan visitor information centre 내장산 탐방안내소
The park’s nature trail links Naejangsa, Wonjeogam and Byeongnyeonam through the wooded valley. Choose this side for a walk among the temples and trees below Naejangsan’s horseshoe ridge.
Official Naejangsa nature trail -
The southern mountain valley
Baegyangsa and Baegamsan
Start at Baegyangsa temple approach 백양사
Baegyangsa sits in the park’s southern Baegamsan section, below pale rock faces. Choose it when arriving through Baegyangsa Railway Station; the temple approach and the mountain courses are separate choices for your visit.
Getting to Baegyangsa
The transport route below reaches Baegyangsa
It starts at Baegyangsa Railway Station and continues by local bus to the southern temple approach. For Naejangsa and the nature trail, plan an arrival on the Jeongeup side of the park.
Place details
- Region
- North Jeolla · South Jeolla
- Type of place
- National park
Getting there
Start at Baegyangsa Railway Station
Entrance or stop 백양사
- Walk about three minutes from Baegyangsa Station (백양사역) to Jangseong Sageori bus stop (장성사거리). Take a local bus bound for Baegyangsa.
- Get off at Baegyangsa (백양사). The temple entrance is about a 25-minute walk from the bus stop.
Coming back The temple office can check departures from Baegyangsa for Jeongeup, Jangseong and Gwangju.
Transport sources checked .About Naejangsan National Park
Naejangsan became a national park on 17 November 1971. It spans Jeongeup and Sunchang in North Jeolla and Jangseong in South Jeolla, and takes in three mountains: Naejangsan (763 m), Baegamsan (741 m) and Ibamsan (654 m).
The mountain was once called Yeongeunsan after its temple, Yeongeunsa, and was renamed Naejang, hidden inside, because it holds endless things within. South of Jeongeup, rock peaks of 600–700 m draw a horseshoe-shaped ridge; the ridge from Ibamsan to Baegamsan is also the border between North and South Jeolla.
Called the Geumgang of Honam, it was counted among Joseon’s eight views and Honam’s five great mountains. Its autumn maples draw large crowds, and heavy snow makes it beautiful in winter too.
Worth seeing
- Byeongnyeonam 벽련암Hermitage and one of the park’s geology sites.
- Baegamsan 백암산The southern mountain of the park, 741 m.
- Ibamsan 입암산The western mountain, on the ridge that divides the two Jeolla provinces.
Written from the Korea National Park Service park introduction.