Baekun Mountain (Gwangyang) Weather★ 100 Famous Peak

This is the easiest and most common course. You start by climbing up the ridge on the left from Jinteul Village, and soon you enter Byeongam Valley. As a mountain that boasts over 900 species of plants, the entire mountain is densely filled with rainwood trees, hornbeam trees, and bamboo trees. At the three-way intersection near the end of Byeongam Valley, there are separate paths leading up to Sinseonbong Peak and Namneung above the Northwestern Tomb. If you take the shortcut on the right and climb up to the south ridge, you will be right under the summit. If you climb up to the silkworm rock at the top, you can see not only Jiri Mountain, but also the Seomjingang River and the sea off Gwangyang. It must have been at this very spot, on the silkworm rock, that Joseon's mountain columnist(?) Lee Jung-hwan set the 'condition of prestige' for a famous mountain as "being next to a large sea or river." The actual descent begins at the second heliport after coming down the Namneung. After passing Sangbaekunam and Baekunsa Temple, the hike is almost over and a rock with a nice view appears, so I take a leisurely rest. From Baekunsa Temple, it is a paved road that is fine even at dusk.

The starting point is Gwangyang. From Gwangyang Terminal, number 21-2 to Donggok/Mukbang runs 8 times, and number 21-3 to Nonsil runs 4 times. To Gwangyang, a premium bus runs 13 times from Dong Seoul Terminal. There are buses from Busan, Daegu, Pohang, Gyeongju, Masan, Jinju, Hadong, Bucheon, and Jeongeup. They run 23 times in Gwangju and every 10 minutes in Suncheon. There are four trains on the Gyeongjeon Line departing from Bujeon, Busan, and one departure each from Gwangju and Mokpo. ①Namhae Expressway Gwangyang IC → Turn right at the Clock Tower Intersection in Gwangyang-eup → Route 11 toward Okryong. ②In case of sacred Buddhism, take county road No. 5 from Okryong-myeonso → local road No. 865 from Bonggang-myeonso. ③To go to Naehee Village, take Namhae Expressway Okgok IC → Gun Road No. 6 from Okgok-myeonso → National Road No. 2 or Jinwol IC → National Road No. 2 from Jinsang-myeonso.