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Top 10 places to visit in Daejeon-dong
hello? In this post, we will introduce the top 10 places in Daejeon-dong that offer a variety of attractions, from hidden gems to well-known tourist attractions.
The list, which was compiled based on the Korea Tourism Organization's popularity rankings, includes attractions that combine stunning natural scenery, rich historical heritage, and unique local culture.
Please refer to this information in your travel plans to create unique experiences and pleasant memories. We hope you have a great trip full of lively adventure!
Sikjangsan Cultural Park (Sunrise Observatory)
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Introduction to Sikjangsan Cultural Park (Sunrise Observatory)
Sikjangsan Mountain (623.6m) is a mountain that spans three regions: Dong-gu, Daejeon Metropolitan City, Gunbuk-myeon, and Gunseo-myeon, Okcheon-gun.
It is the highest peak in Daejeon Metropolitan City and stands on par with famous mountains in the neighboring region such as Seodaesan Mountain (904m), the highest peak in South Chungcheong Province, and Daeseongsan Mountain (705m), the highest peak in Okcheon, and is a mountain that adorns the southeastern part of Dong-gu.
This mountain, which contains a 4.82 million ㎡ natural ecological conservation forest designated by Daejeon Metropolitan City, is home to 78 families, 187 genera, 224 species, and 45 varieties of plants, 45 species of mammals including roe deer, squirrels, wild cats, raccoons, and bats, and over 100 species of birds, reptiles, and roe deer. It is a treasure trove of ecology where amphibians and other animals live.
Sikjangsan Mountain Cultural Park is an ecological park that stretches from Secheon Park to the Sikjangsan Sunrise Observatory. A cultural park was created at the top of Sikjangsan Mountain, which was considered the best night view spot in Daecheon.
In particular, the traditional pavilion built within the cultural park adds to the charm, and there is also an observatory where you can enjoy a panoramic view of Daejeon.
Many citizens of all ages and genders come to enjoy the view of Daejeon from the pavilion and observatory.
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Basic information about Sikjangsan Cultural Park (Sunrise Observatory)
Website https://www.donggu.go.kr/
Operating hours 00:00~24:00
Open all year round on days off
Sangso-dong Forest Bathing Area
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Introduction to Sangso-dong Forest Bathing Area
Sangso-dong Forest Bathing Area is located midway between the foot of Maninsan Mountain and Sikjangsan Mountain (approximately 10km from Daejeon Station on National Highway 17 in the direction of Geumsan, approximately 5km from Namdaejeon IC), and a tunnel of beetle trees along the way adds to the beauty.
Various facilities for nature experiences and recreation have been created, and in particular, numerous stone pagodas have been built to provide attractions.
It provides a meaningful opportunity for people from all walks of life, including families and couples, to build stone towers containing their family's health or various wishes. From spring to fall, you can enjoy numerous wild flowers, and come with a light heart to take a walk and It is a place where you can enjoy hiking and recreation.
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Basic information about Sangso-dong Forest Bathing Area
Website http://www.donggu.go.kr
Parking facilities available
Chudong Artificial Ecological Wetland
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Introduction to Chudong Artificial Ecological Wetland
Chudong Artificial Ecological Wetland was designated as a wetland protection area by Daejeon City on December 26, 2008, and is home to endangered species such as the Otter, a Natural Monument, the Mandarin Duck, a Natural Monument, as well as buzzards, white-throated plovers, and woodcocks.
'Chudong Ecological Wetland Park', an emerging travel destination in slow culture. The animals, plants, microorganisms, and soil that make up the wetland that live in the wetland absorb various polluted water flowing from the surroundings, purify the pollutants, and play a self-cleaning role by flowing clean water. It is known that various types of organisms live together, so biodiversity is high and it plays an important ecological function.
Course 6 of the Daecheong Lake Trail in Dong-gu leads to an ecological tourism attraction with a developed wetland.
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Chudong Artificial Ecological Wetland Basic Information
Website https://www.donggu.go.kr/dg/kor
Operating hours: Always open
Open all year round on days off
Area of Mr. Kim Jeong’s grave
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Introduction to the Tomb of Mr. Kim Jeong
The Tomb of Kim Jeong is a relic related to Kim Jeong in Chungam, located in the eastern part of Dong-gu, Daejeon.
Chungam Kim Jeong (1486-1521) was a person who served as a magistrate and a civil servant during the reign of King Jungjong of the Joseon Dynasty.
Together with Jo Gwang-jo, Kim Jong-un worked hard to break down superstitions and provide mutual aid among local people, and made great achievements in implementing local medicine throughout the country.
Afterwards, during the Gimyosahwa of 1519, he was imprisoned along with Jo Gwang-jo and others, and was exiled to Geumsan, where he was ordained on Jeju Island.
The part of Kim Jeong's tomb was created in 1978 when the tomb was moved from Naetap-ri, Dong-myeon, Daedeok-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, which was submerged by water due to the construction of Daecheong Dam, along with the shrine, the byeolmyo that enshrined Kim Jeong's memorial tablet, Sanhaedang, and his wife's Jeongryeo-gak. It is done.
And on July 10, 1991, its cultural property value was recognized and it was designated as a cultural property of Daejeon Metropolitan City.
Baekgolsanseong Fortress can be accessed through Hoenam-ro, local road No. 571, and the closest highway is Panam IC on the Tongyeong-Daejeon Expressway.
Nearby tourist attractions include Daecheongho Cherry Blossom Road and Baekgolsanseong Fortress.
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Basic information around the grave site of Mr. Kim Jeong
Website https://www.donggu.go.kr/dg/tour/
Parking facilities available (parking for 10 small vehicles)
Maninsan Blue Learning Center
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Introduction to Maninsan Blue Learning Center
Maninsan Green Learning Center is a natural recreation forest located on Maninsan Mountain, which rises between Dong-gu, Daejeon and Geumsan-gun, South Chungcheong Province.
Maninsan Mountain was a place where the wombs of King Taejo and the prince were enshrined during the Joseon Dynasty due to its beautiful mountain scenery.
Clear water always flows through the valley, and the forest is dense with broad-leaved trees, creating a natural recreational forest.
The Pureun Learning Center, located inside the recreation forest, has a herbarium displaying animal specimens such as birds, fish, and insects, a fossil hall displaying world-rare meteorites, a dinosaur hall displaying life-sized dinosaurs, and a living space depicting the lifestyles of prehistoric ancestors. In addition to recreational forest facilities including a nature learning exhibition hall with a prehistoric hall displaying relics, an astronomical observatory where you can explore the infinite universe, a wood experience center, a learning farm, an adventure play facility, and a forest bathing area, there are also playgrounds, auditoriums, and classrooms for group visitors to use. There are good facilities.
The training program consists of 1 day training, 2 days and 1 night training, and 3 days and 2 nights training.
Maninsan Blue Learning Center can be accessed through Sannae-ro on National Route 17, and the Chubu IC of the Tongyeong-Daejeon Expressway is close to the highway.
Nearby are Joongbu University International Campus and Seodaesan Mountain.
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Basic information about Maninsan Blue Learning Center
Website https://www.maninedu.or.kr
Operating hours: Affiliated facilities 09:00~22:00
Parking facilities available (capacity for 60 small cars, 6 large cars)
Open all year round on days off
Daecheong Lake
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Introduction to Daecheong Lake
It is an artificial lake spanning across Daejeon Metropolitan City, Cheongju City, Okcheon-gun, and Boeun-gun in Chungcheongbuk-do.
It was created in 1980 with the completion of Daecheong Dam.
We supply drinking water as well as domestic and industrial water to the Daejeon and Cheongju areas.
With a reservoir area of 72.8㎢, a lake length of 80km, and a water storage capacity of 1.5 billion tons, it is the third largest lake in Korea.
It is well-known as a driving course as it has hills and trees at an altitude of 200 to 300 meters above the lake.
Many migratory and resident birds flock here, and it is easy to see egrets upstream in the summer.
When you climb up to the observatory, you can see the surrounding scenery at a glance, and the Water Promotion Center, which opened in 1998, is equipped with a 3D theater and an aquarium.
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Daecheong Lake Basic Information
Parking facilities available
Chansaem Village
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Introduction to Chansaem Village
* Chansaem Village, where affection overflows * Chansaem Village is a village that has been preserved in its pristine nature, receiving the energy of Nogosan Mountain in the clear water and clean air of Daecheong.
Chansaem Village awakens the five senses in nature and uses a theme-centered integrated approach that utilizes village space and resources to organize farming, ecology, crafts, and food culture experiences and themes, and conducts programs tailored to each grade's level of learning, providing students with opportunities to learn things they may not have encountered at school. It is an educational farm that provides education through experience.
Learning facilities include a butterfly, beetle, animal farm, frog, nature workshop, food culture learning center, potato field, sweet potato field, rice learning center, vineyard, plum, peach field, and forest playground.
* Another attraction of Chansaem Village * Chansaem Village has the Daejeon Metropolitan City monuments Nogosanseong Fortress and Seongchisanseong Fortress. Looking down from the top of Nogosan Mountain, the view of Daecheongho Lake is spectacular. Nearby, the famous Gyejoksanseong Fortress and Jikhyeonseong Fortress, Masan-dong Fortress, Gyeondusanseong Fortress, and Baekgol seen across Daecheong Dam. You can see the mountain at a glance.
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Basic information about Chansaem Village
Homepage http://www.chansaem.com
Parking facility can accommodate 10 large buses (30 passenger cars)
samaedang
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Introduction to Sammaedang
This is a 17th century building built by Park Gye-rip (1600~?), who served as Yeonwondo Chalbang during the reign of King Seonjo of the Joseon Dynasty.
If you go left along the wall of Daejeon Public Health University, you will see the Song Si-yeol historical site, and if you go up behind it, you will find yourself below the Monument to Park Paeng-nyeon.
Born in the nearby Gayang-dong, Dong-gu, in the 22nd year of King Injo's reign (1644), after he retired from public office, he built a school here and planted three plum trees in the garden. He also built pavilions on all sides and planted five willow trees to create Oryujeong (五柳亭). It was called.
One day, Song Si-yeol (宋時烈) passed by this place and saw plum blossoms in bloom, so he named it Sammaedang (三梅堂) and wrote a poem and hung it up.
From then on, this building was called Sammaedang and his nickname was Sammaedang.
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Samaedang basic information
Homepage Daejeon Dong-gu Culture and Tourism https://www.donggu.go.kr
Cultural Heritage Administration https://www.cha.go.kr
Monument to the death of Mr. Park Paeng-nyeon
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Introduction to Park Paeng-nyeon’s Yuheo Monument
The monument to the remains of Park Paeng-nyeon is preserved in Dong-gu, Daejeon.
This is the site of the house where Mr. Chwigeumheon Park Paeng-nyeon (1417-1456), one of the six six gods of the early Joseon Dynasty, lived.
The teacher was born in 1417 (the 17th year of King Taejong's reign) in Wangdaebeol, Heungnongchon, Hoedeokhyeon (currently Gayang-dong, Dong-gu, Daejeon).
It is said that he gave himself the pen name [Chwigeumheon] because he always liked playing the gayageum.
It is currently preserved in the form of a monument, and in recognition of its cultural property value, it was designated as a cultural property of Daejeon Metropolitan City on March 18, 1989.
Park Paeng-nyeon's Yuheobi can be accessed through Uam-ro or Chungjeong-ro, and the Gyeongbu Expressway Daejeon IC is close by.
Nearby are Uam Historic Park, Sammaedang, and Solang Mountain.
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Basic information on Park Paeng-nyeon’s Yuheobi
Secheon Park
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Introduction to Secheon Park
Secheon Park is a park located at the northern foot of Sikjangsan Mountain (597m), which rises on the border between Dong-gu, Daejeon and Okcheon-gun, North Chungcheong Province.
About 6,000 species of plants grow here, including 800 species native to Korea.
Secheon Park was recognized for its value and was designated as [Secheon Ecological Conservation Forest] on June 3, 1996.
This conservation forest is divided into three parts: [food plant planting area], [ground bird habitat], and [rest area for Daejeon citizens].
In addition, there are protected maple trees on Mt. Sikjang and Secheon Reservoir, adding to the attractions.
Secheon Park can be accessed through Secheon Park Road on National Route 4, and the closest highway is Panam IC on the Tongyeong-Daejeon Expressway.
Nearby tourist attractions include Sikjangsan Sunrise Observatory, Sikjangsan Natural Ecological Forest, and Daecheongho Lake Natural Waterside Park.
There are also several restaurants and cafes at the entrance to the park.
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Secheon Park basic information
Parking facilities available (capacity for approximately 60 small vehicles)
This was an introduction to the top 10 places to visit in Daejeon-dong so far.
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