Unaksan National Natural Recreational Forest

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

Hyeondeungsan (Unaksan) is composed of strangely shaped rocks and peaks at an elevation of 934.7 m, and its beautiful mountain landscape has long earned it the name Sogeumgang. Remains of Gung Ye's fortress still stand here, preserving the historical heritage of later Goguryeo. Around the valleys centered on the main peak, Mangyeongdae, where massive rocks soar through the clouds on every summit, broadleaf forests that blot out the sky turn crimson in autumn, and the Unaksan Autumn Foliage Festival, a local festival of mountains dyed in red, is held every year around mid-October at the Unaksan entrance in Hwahyeon-myeon, Pocheon-si. The foliage festival features a mountain spirit rite, samulnori, flower exhibitions, and specialty product displays and sales, among other diverse attractions loved by tourists. The flower paths embroidered across valleys and rocks with purple magnolias in mid-April and azaleas and mountain magnolias around May are truly spectacular. Together with Gwanaksan, Chiaksan, Hwaaksan, and Songaksan, it is also one of the five great aksan (peaks whose names end in "ak") of the central region and is loved by many. Unaksan Natural Recreation Forest is within about an hour from Seoul, offering easy access, and nearby attractions such as the Korea National Arboretum, Sanjeong Lake, Art Valley, Herb Island, The Garden of Morning Calm, and Hantangang Sky Bridge draw many visitors in peak seasons and on weekends. In addition to gardens planted with various wildflowers and walking trails within the recreation forest, hikers visit to enjoy the strangely shaped rocks of Mangyeongdae, the main peak of Unaksan known as Sogeumgang, and the mountain scenery that changes with each season.