Gwanbangjerim Forest관방제림

At a glance

For 1.2 km along the Damyangcheon stream, a path on top of the old flood dike runs under a canopy of deciduous trees, many of them more than 300 years old: Aphananthe (pujo), zelkova, Chinese hackberry, cherry and silver maple. The trees were planted to hold the embankment together. Tradition says magistrate Seong I-seong raised the dike and began planting in 1648, and magistrate Hwang Jong-rim extended it in 1854. The forest became a Natural Monument in 1991 and took the grand prize at the Korea Forest Service's 5th Beautiful Forest contest in 2004. A sculpture park of local legends was added on the riverbank in 2005.

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Gwanbangjerim Forest · 1 tours & tickets

1. GetYourGuideSeonamsa Temple & Damyang private tour from JeonjuA private day tour from Jeonju to Seonamsa Temple, Soswaewon and Juknokwon that ends with a walk under Gwanbangjerim's 300-year-old trees.Book

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Tips

• 01
  Come on a hot day: the old trees shade the whole embankment path, which is why locals treat it as a summer retreat.
• 02
  Pair it with Juknokwon bamboo forest; the GetYourGuide tour visits both on the same day.

Nearby

Juknokwon Bamboo ForestA hillside bamboo grove in Damyang with 2.2 km of themed paths and a lookout over the Gwanbangjerim levee forest and the Metasequoia road.Damyang Metasequoia-lined RoadAn avenue of tall metasequoia trees in Damyang, planted by the county in 1972 along a 5 km stretch of National Route 24.Muwol VillageA quiet farming village in Damyang with stone-wall lanes, a pine-wood trail, hanok stays and hands-on country experiences.Soswaewon GardenA 16th-century scholar's garden in Damyang, laid out along a stream with pavilions, bamboo and stone walls, and still kept by the founder's descendants.