National park · South Chungcheong
Taeanhaean National Park
태안해안국립공원
Taeanhaean National Park (388.604 km²): Korea’s only coastal national park, 27 beaches, dunes and tidal flats on the Taean coast.
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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 beach visit, a coast walk or a seaside garden?
Taean stretches across the peninsula and Anmyeondo. Choose one coastal area for your outing: the Mallipo bus journey, the Noeulgil walk and the arboretum each have their own starting point.
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A beach visit from Taean town
Mallipo Beach
Start at Mallipo Beach bus stop 만리포해수욕장
Choose Mallipo for time beside the west-coast sea with a direct rural-bus approach from Taean Terminal. Walk the beachfront, then return from the Mallipo area; the bus directions below are for this beach.
Getting to Mallipo -
A longer walk through pines and dunes
Noeulgil on Anmyeondo
Start at Baeksajang Harbour 백사장항
Noeulgil follows the coast from Baeksajang Harbour to Kkotji Beach, passing Sambong, Gijipo and coastal pine woods. Choose a section for a shorter outing or plan both ends of the full walk. This route is south of the Mallipo area.
Official Noeulgil route -
A nearby garden with admission tickets
Chollipo Arboretum
Start at Chollipo Arboretum entrance 천리포수목원
Add the arboretum at Cheollipo for a garden visit beside the sea. The operator sells admission on site and links to advance admission and guided-tour bookings through Naver. Advance online admission is booked before the day of your visit.
Garden tickets and guided visits
The directions below reach Mallipo
Bus 210 from Taean Terminal heads toward Cheollipo and passes Mallipo first. For Noeulgil, plan a separate journey to Anmyeondo and your chosen trail endpoint. For the arboretum, use its own Cheollipo arrival information.
Place details
- Region
- South Chungcheong
- Type of place
- National park
Getting there
Start at Taean Bus Terminal
Entrance or stop 만리포해수욕장
- Take rural bus 210 toward Cheollipo (천리포) from Taean Bus Terminal. Mallipo comes before Cheollipo.
- Get off at Mallipo Beach (만리포해수욕장), the park's beach access point here.
Coming back The return timetable lists routes 941 and 942 from Cheollipo via Mallipo toward Taean; the times shown there are departures from Cheollipo, not from the beach stop.
Transport sources checked .About Taeanhaean National Park
Taeanhaean became Korea’s 13th national park in 1978. It takes in the Taean peninsula and Anmyeondo from north to south, with 27 beaches along 198 km of coast and a total area of 388.604 km². The name Taean, great peace, is said to come from a mild climate with no great disasters and plenty to eat.
From Hagampo south to Yeongmok the coast is a ria shoreline of tidal flats, sand dunes, wetlands, rock formations and islands, counted among the finest landscapes of the west coast.
Its dunes, tidal flats and wetlands shelter plants and animals hard to find elsewhere. It is the only coastal-type national park in Korea.
Worth seeing
- Hagampo 학암포The northern end of the park’s coast.
- Anmyeondo 안면도The island at the southern part of the park.
- Coastal dunes 해안사구Dunes and wetlands with plants found in few other places.
Written from the Korea National Park Service park introduction.