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Sky Forest Trail Walking Festival
- 📅 Dates
- May 16, 2026 – May 16, 2026
- 📍 Location
- 265-1 High1-gil, Gohan-eup, Jeongseon-gun, Gangwon-do
- 🎫 Admission
- Participation fee 15,000 won* Free for children under 24 months old
- 🕘 Hours
- 08:00-17:00
- 🎪 Venue
- Jeongseon Sky Forest Trail area
- 👥 Age
- All ages
- 🏛️ Organizer
- Naeil Newspaper
- ☎️ Contact
- +82-10-7426-5248
⚠️ This festival's listed dates have passed
The dates above are from the most recent official schedule. Many Korean festivals are annual events held around the same time each year, but the next date has not been officially confirmed yet — please check the official website or a Google search below before planning a trip.
Overview
Sky Forest Trail Walking Festival (Haneulsupgil Walking Festival) is a family-friendly forest festival held along the Sky Forest Trail at an altitude of 1,300 meters. Visitors can explore the area’s rich natural environment, including native trees, wildflowers, insects, and various plant species, making it an especially enjoyable experience for children and families. The festival features well-maintained walking trails converted from former coal transport routes, offering safe trekking courses suitable for participants of all ages, along with forest-themed experiential programs. Surrounded by
Source: Korea Tourism Organization (official English translation, TourAPI).
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📊 How busy this area gets
Visitor-volume index for 정선군, from Korea Tourism Organization big data. 1.00 = that area's own yearly average, so this compares the area against itself — not against Seoul.
The index covers the whole district, not the festival ground itself. Use it to pick a month, not a day. · Oct 1.04 / Aug 1.28
🅿️ Nearby attractions — with actual parking capacity
Most sites only say "parking available." These are official figures from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, so you can judge before you drive.
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Nearby Attractions
Places near the festival venue, described in English by the Korea Tourism Organization. Distances and times are road-based driving estimates from NAVER route search — useful for taxi trips — and can change with traffic. Places under 1 km in a straight line are marked “walkable”. Anything more than 15 km away by road is left out.
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High1 Haneulgil Trekking하이원 하늘길 트레킹 Travel course0.1 km straight · walkable
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Korean address for map apps강원특별자치도 정선군 고한읍 하이원길 265-1 -
Kangwon Land Casino강원랜드 카지노 Travel course0.7 km straight · walkable
Kangwon Land Casino opened on October 28, 2000 as the only casino in Korea to allow the admission of Koreans. The casino is part of Kangwon Land Resort, a leisure…
Korean address for map apps강원특별자치도 정선군 사북읍 하이원길 265 -
High 1 Country Club하이원 컨트리클럽 Travel course0.9 km straight · walkable
High 1 Country Club is located 1,100 meter above sea level, making it the highest golf course in Korea. Due to the lower air pressure, golfers may enjoy longer and…
Korean address for map apps강원특별자치도 정선군 사북읍 하이원길 265 -
High1 Ski Resort하이원리조트 스키장 Travel courseapprox. 5.0 km · ~8 min by car
High1 Ski Resort is equipped with lifts and ski slopes for beginners as well as intermediate and advanced skiers, providing an enjoyable environment for the whole…
Korean address for map apps강원특별자치도 정선군 고한읍 하이원길 500 -
Samtan Art Mine삼탄아트마인 Attractionapprox. 10.4 km · ~15 min by car
Samtan Art Mine is an art complex transformed from an abandoned mine. After being used as a coal mine for 40 years, the mine turned into an art complex in 2001. With…
Korean address for map apps강원특별자치도 정선군 고한읍 함백산로 1445-44
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