Juwangsan's 12 km Loop: Past the Falls, Into the Deep Gorge
Off Map Korea English-guided walking trips through Korea. Quiet trails, hidden villages, slow moments. Driver-only, self-guided. ▸ Plan a trip The waterfall crowds thin out fast past Yongchu 3. Wet granite, the damp-leaf smell of a gorge after rain, the hollow knock of your boots on a wooden footbridge — Juwangsan (주왕산) earns its reputation before you've even cleared the first kilometre. But most visitors turn around at Yongchu Falls (용추폭포) and never see what waits deeper in. That's exactly the gap this post is here to fill. The full loop — roughly 12 km, 5 to 6 hours moving — takes you through Jubong valley, up to the ridgeline at Gawoljae pass, and back down past Jeoldal valley in a quiet circuit that almost no foreign visitor walks. It is not a hard trail. It is only an overlooked one. Step 1 — Getting to Juwangsan Trailhead (and Why Public Transport Fails You Here) Juwangsan National Park sits near Cheongsong (청송), a county in North Gyeongsang P...