| Bulgoksan | |
|---|---|
&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:South_Korea_physical_map2.svg)  Bulgoksan | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 345 m (1,132 ft) |
| Coordinates | 37°20′36″N 127°08′27″E / 37.3432°N 127.1407°E |
| Geography | |
| Location | Between Seongnam Gyeonggi Province and Gwangju,  South Korea |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 불곡산 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Bulgoksan |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pulkoksan |
Bulgoksan (Korean: 불곡산) is a mountain in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Its area extends over the cities of Seongnam and Gwangju. Bulgoksan has an elevation of 345 m (1,132 ft).[1] The mountain shares a name with another mountain in the Gyeonggi Province near Yangju.
Mt. Bulgok serves as a public recreation area at the southernmost part of the Seongnam green belt between Jeongja-dong and Gumi-dong. It also hosts hang gliding take-off runs in the Southwest and Northeast.
Mt. Bulgok is designated trail with Mt. Youngjang by Seongnam. Its peak is near to Sunae, Jeongja, Gumi-dong. Mt. Bulgok is loved by the citizens of Budang.[2]
To the north, Bulgoksan Mountain passes Taehyeon and Saemaul Pass by Taehyeon and Saemaul Pass, and leads to Neungnae Pass and Galmachi Pass, and Namhansansan Island. To the south, it passed the Danggogae in Bucheon, followed by Seongnae-eup in Seongnam, Gwangju, and Sunjeong-gu in Yongin.
The hiking begins in Sunae-dong, Jeongja-dong, and Gumi. Starting in Jeongja-dong, people go to Bukjeong High School and the water station to climb the ridge and then follow Namgeung-dong. There is also a course of origin that connects to the Munjeongsan Mountain in Opo-myeon. On the top of the mountain can be seen a new town in Bundang, Yongin, and Jukjeon, and the natural ecosystem is well preserved, and a dense forest is abundant, creating a new view of Chunghyak-dong.[3]
- ^ Altitude of this mountain is not accurate. Every reporters report a different altitude. Current reports putsthe altitude at 313m, 325m, 335m, 344m and 345m. Here we will use the highest altitude.
- ^ Yoon, Sangdon (June 22, 2009). "Seongnam Mt.Bulgok&Mt.Youngjang". Seoul News Paper.
- ^ "불곡산" (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-05-26.