Top 10 places to visit in Gumi (Gumi travel destination recommendations)
1. Eco Land
Gumi Eco Land Gumi Eco Land is a forest cultural recreation facility located in Indeok-ri, Sandong-myeon, Gumi-si, including the Gumi City Forest Culture Center, Ecological Exploration Monorail, Sandong Cham Ecological Forest, Native Plant Complex, Forest Complex Experience Complex, Children’s Theme Curriculum Forest, and Munsu Forest Bathing Area. collectively. In response to the ever-increasing desire for a place for leisure and relaxation, Gumi Eco Land is a forest recreation space where you can experience a variety of forests, culture, exhibitions, and experiences.
195 Indeok 1-gil, Sandong-myeon, Gumi-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
2. Geumo Reservoir
Geumo Reservoir is a reservoir located right below Geumosan Mountain, a landmark in Gumi, and along with Geumo Land, it is also a great place for couples to go on a date.
Jinjeong-ri, Geumnam-myeon, Hadong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do
3. Juju Zoo
You can meet a variety of reptiles, birds, and mammals. It is a place for a weekend family outing where you can do experiential learning such as feeding.
San 3-1, Wonhori, Goa-eup, Gumi-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
4. Okseong Natural Recreation Forest
Okseong Natural Recreation Forest is a new tourist resource in Gumi with a clear and clean natural landscape with history and tradition as well as high-tech industry. It offers not only a forest house using red clay, which is said to be good for people, but also a waterside deck, camping deck, and forest bathing in harmony with a large reservoir. We welcome our users with a variety of comfortable facilities, including walking and hiking trails to enjoy, as well as a cabin, nature observation center, and forest classroom.
150 Hyoyanglim-gil, Okseong-myeon, Gumi-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
5. Nakdong River Sports Park
Nakdong River Sports Park has a variety of sports facilities covering 45 areas, including a soccer field, foot volleyball field, and futsal field.
It was loved by citizens as it was equipped with a bicycle rental place, children’s play facilities, an ecological trail, a seasonal flower path, and a reed field.
614-1 Yangho-dong, Gumi-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
6. Carbon Zero Education Center
This is a place where you can learn about global warming and climate change and think about ways to prepare for them. Find out how to implement zero carbon in your life and learn it physically through experiential play. There are experience programs such as recycling toy country and EM making household items.
336-97 Geumosan-ro, Gumi-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
7. Shandong Ecological Forest
Gumi City has created a variety of vacation and relaxation spaces within the Shandong Cham Ecological Forest to take the lead in the changing trends of forest recreation facilities and to attempt new changes through communication with citizens.
San 5-14, Indeok-ri, Sandong-myeon, Gumi-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
8. Dorisa Observatory
Dorisa Temple is known as the first temple in Silla, founded by Goguryeo’s Ado (阿道, ?～?) monk in 440 (the 24th year of King Nulji’s reign of Silla). Around 417, the 14th year of the reign of King Nulji, the 19th king of Silla, when Ado was on his way back from Seorabeol, he came to this place and saw peach blossoms and plum blossoms in full bloom even though it was winter. He built a temple there and called it Dorisa Temple.
In 1976, while dismantling and restoring the Buddha’s stupa, a gilt-bronze hexagonal sarira box (National Treasure No. 208) and a piece of Buddha’s sarira were discovered and are currently consigned to the Jikjisa Seongbo Museum. There is the Hwaeom Stone Pagoda, which is National Treasure No. 470 as a cultural asset, a bronze statue of Ado (newly built in 2002), a pagoda of Buddha, a historical monument to Ado, and a painting of a painting from the late Joseon Dynasty.
526 Dorisa-ro, Haepyeong-myeon, Gumi-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
9. Kyungpook National University Natural History Museum
Gyeongbuk Museum of Natural History opened in Gunwi-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do on May 6, 2004 and collects, researches, and exhibits not only the animals, plants, and minerals that make up the natural world, but also materials related to geology and human history. Through this, we aim to become a space that helps a proper understanding of nature by providing knowledge and information about nature to the public. In addition, the Gyeongbuk Museum of Natural History, as an affiliated institution of a local national university, is making efforts to more faithfully perform its role in giving back to society.
2228, Gyeongbuk-daero, Hyoryeong-myeon, Gunwi-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do
10. Jisan Saetgang Ecological Park
It is a place where a river flows through the middle of Jisan Garden. The river is as wide as a pond and lotus flowers are in beautiful bloom.
Since 2002, Gumi City has been carrying out the Jisan Saetgang Ecological Wetland Creation Project in the Jisan-dong area with a budget of 6.5 billion won, including national and local funds. The current ecological wetland has been created as a resting place for citizens and a nature-friendly experiential learning center.