Geumdaegyegok Valley (금대계곡)

13.2Km 2024-02-16

546-22 Chiak-ro, Panbu-myeon, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do

Geumdaegyegok Valley is the most frequented destination for visitors to Chiaksan National Park. Known for its clear and cool waters, which flow gently and are not too deep, it presents an ideal location for summer swimming. However, it's important to note that the valley is only open temporarily during the summer season. Visitors should check the specific opening days in advance to plan their visit accordingly.

Wonju Bangye-ri Ginkgo Tree (원주 반계리 은행나무)

14.3Km 2023-10-27

42 Banjeori 2-gil, Munmak-eup, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do

The ginkgo tree in Bangye-ri, Wonju has been protected as a natural monument since its designation on January 31, 1964. The exact age of the tree is unknown, but it is estimated to be over 800 years old. The tree reaches a total x_height of 33 meters, with a crown stretching 37.5 meters east-west, and 31 meters north-south. According to the legend about the tree's origin, it was planted by a member of the Seongju Lee family, who stopped for a drink of water here and left his staff standing in the ground when he left. The staff then grew into the tree. Another legend about the tree states there is a white snake living in the tree, which is why it has grown so strong and big today. The local farmers believe they will have a good harvest if the whole tree turns gold in fall.

Oak Valley (오크밸리)

14.4Km 2025-10-23

66 Oak valley 1-gil, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do
+82-33-730-3500

At Oak Valley, you can enjoy rest, culture, and sports. The region's four distinctive seasons make it a perfect place to enjoy the landscape throughout the year. Oak Valley offers stunning natural landscapes, dynamic golf courses, ski courses offering thrilling but safe experiences, various leisure and convenient facilities, a Mediterranean-style condominium, culture, and sports. Oak Valley boasts ski courses designed in harmony with nature, eco-friendly course management, balance between several artworks and the courses, and various events.
Additionally, Oak Valley has a 54-hole members-only golf course, a 9-hole public golf course, a premium condominium resort with over 1,000 guest rooms, and a family-friendly premium ski resort with nine slopes. Thus, it is the ideal place to enjoy leisure sports and relaxation throughout the year. The resort also has various other facilities, including banquet halls, a wedding hall, a swimming pool, and tennis courts. Mountain bicycles can be rented here.

Wonseong Seongnam-ri Tutelary Forest (원성 성남리 성황림)

15.9Km 2023-07-17

Seongnam-ri, Sillim-myeon, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do

The Tutelary Forest in Sillim-myeon, Wonju is a temperate hardwood forest designated as a Natural Monument in 1962, and offers eco-exploration of the tutelary forest as well as forest commentary, meditation and experience programs. More than 90 different species of tree plants grow over an area spanning some 312,993 m2. The people of Seongnam-ri have treated Seonghwangsin of Chiaksan Mountain as the patron saint of the village since the ancient times. It is said that, at midnight of April 8 and September 9 every year on the Lunar calendar, people held rituals in front of the huge fir tree (29 meters tall, 1.3 meters in diameter, 300 years old) standing in front of Seonghwangdang Shrine to which Seonghwangsin descends.

The Tutelary Forest is divided into two sections, each with different species of trees, by a brook in the middle. The area located to the left of the brook grows a variety of acervate deciduous broad-leaved trees, many of which are maple trees that paint the season of fall with gorgeous colors.

Hoengseong Chukhyup Hanu Plaza Main Branch (횡성축협 한우프라자 본점)

15.9Km 2025-04-22

강원특별자치도 횡성군 횡성읍 횡성로 337

This restaurant is run by Hoengseong Chukhyup (Hoengseong Livestock Cooperative). You can purchase premium cuts of hanu, raised in the Hoengseong region, directly from the counter and grill them in the restaurant. After paying the table setting fees, help yourself to side dishes from the self-serve bar, where refills are also available. The restaurant also offers dishes made with hanu, such as bulgogi and hanutang (Korean beef soup). Other branches can be found in the Ucheon and Saemal areas.

Hoengseong Luge (횡성루지체험장)

18.0Km 2023-07-24

407 , Jeonjae-ro, Hoengseong-gun, Gangwon-do

Luge, also called a land sled, is a non-powered leisure sport that has been transformed into an all-season sled by attaching wheels to one of the sled events in the Winter Olympics. You can enjoy the cool wind while controlling the speed on the luge with the help of gravity without any additional manipulation. A dynamic course was completed by adding various theme sections to the existing road, forest, and nature in the Jeonjae-Ucheon-myeon Owon-ri section of National Road No. 42. As a single course, it is 2.4 kilometers long, the longest in the world, and it is not an artificially twisted S-shaped course, but a course created using actual roads.

Woodblock Printing Museum (고판화박물관)

19.8Km 2023-07-17

62 Muran-gil, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do

Opened in 2004, it is the only museum in Korea that specializes in and exhibits old woodblock printings from all around the world. Woodblock Printing Museum collects, stores, exhibits, researches and educates on ancient woodblock materials from many different Asian countries where engravings and woodcuts flourished including Korea, China, Japan, Tibet, Mongolia, India and Nepal. It currently stores over 3,500 individual relics including some 1,800 original woodblocks, 300 old woodblock works engraved as woodcuts, 200 books engraved on woodblocks, and 200 materials related to woodcuts. There is also a permanent woodblock experience hall, which is often utilized as a place to experience and educate those on site who are not satisfied with just seeing the works.

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