Bokjusan Natural Recreational Forest

This description was machine-translated from the Korea Tourism Organization's Korean original.

Bokjusan Natural Recreation Forest is a national natural recreation forest established in 1998. The area around Jamgok-ri near Mount Bokjusan, at an elevation of 1,157 m where the natural recreation forest is located, boasts magnificent natural scenery with dense forests blended with planted forests and clear valleys, and is home to various wild animals and plants. Depending on the season, diverse mountain greens such as fern brakes, gomchwi, shoots of fatsia, and chamnamul grow, and the scenery of the Jamgok-ri area viewed from Mount Bokjusan in particular is truly spectacular. Following the well-maintained hiking trails and walking paths, visitors can take a comfortable and quiet rest before the clear valley waters of Yongtanggol. According to a transmitted legend, Mount Bokjusan (elevation 1,152 m) was named because long ago, when the world was judged by water and everywhere was submerged, only this mountain remained with a peak the size of a bokjugge (bowl) lid at its summit. While enjoying forest bathing along the walking trails, the Forest Recreation Hall, a lodging facility within the recreation forest, is located on the mountainside; the view from the veranda is magnificent, and simple barbecue facilities are provided in the front yard so that outdoor meals are possible. Bokjusan Natural Recreation Forest has two professional forest interpreters and specializes in forest education (Korea Forest Service-certified) programs, operating early childhood forest experiences and the free semester system (selected as an educational donation experience institution), and also runs forest culture programs under the theme of fairy tales in the forest. Forest ecology managers help recreation forest users with forest experience activities by recycling wood discarded from thinning and pruning to make wooden insects, wooden necklaces, and other souvenirs. Linked tourism is possible within a 25-minute distance of Cheorwon’s security tourism sites (Labor Party Building, the Second Tunnel, Baengmagoji, etc.), Goseokjeong, the Hantan River, Jiktang Falls, and Maewoldae.