Outline

This gun is located in the Middle Eastern part of Gangwon-do. It faces Goseong-gun, Sokcho-si, and Yangyang-gun to the east, Chuncheon-si and Yanggu-gun to the west, Hongcheon-gun to the south, and Hoiyang-gun to the north. It is between 127° 59' ~ 128° 32' degree East Longitude, 37° 48' ~ 38° 30' North Latitude, 1,646.33km²(square kilometers) in area, and 34,120 people ('2000) in population. It consists of 1 Eup 5 Myeon and the seat of a county office is in Inje-eup Sangdong-ri.

Natural Environment

The east of Inje-gun is the watershed of Taebaeksan. It maintains steep mountains with Mu, Hyangrobong, Seolak, Jeombong, and Bangdaesan and borders Yanggu-gun by Dosolsans that is based on Dae-am mountain in the west. Several branches of Soyang river flow down to main stream via the middle of the gun. Buk and Hangye river in the east, and Naerin and Bangdaegang in the south, Seohwagang in the north flow down to the main stream. A small river terrace and a basin build main residential life zones around the rivers. Soyang lake stretches to the southwest of the gun to be used for waterborne transportation to enter the western part of Seolaksan. (Naeseolak) Geological features with a beautiful scene have strangely shaped rocks formed by gneisses of the Paleozoic Era and granites of the Mesozoic era. Most places of the gun are connected to steep mountains. This gun has rare creatures because it occupies watershed of the east and the west of the Korean Peninsula, and has high ecologic values. Thus, some parts of the gun was decided that Seolak, Daeam, Daeu, Hyangrobong, and Geonbongsan are natural protection zones. On the other hand, although exchanges between west and east are very hard due to high mountain chain in a direction from north to south, Jinbu, Misi, and Hangye ridge have been used for roads to connect east and west because they are relatively low. Typical mountain climate is characterized in this gun located in inland mountains with big temperature contrast of diurnal range as well as annual range. The annual mean temperature is 9.7°C, The mean temperature in January is -5.3°C, in August is 22.9°C. High altitude damages cold-weather damage, and strong turbulence often comes into the gun with a low temperature phenomenon in the early summer. The annual precipitation is 1,057.2mm. It is relatively lower than other circumference areas, but local geographical features in the gun are very different due to steep mountains, and for a long time, high amount of snowfall appears at the alpine regions in the winter season.

Travel Guide

Daecheongbong, the highest peak of Seolaksan, is the boundary of Seolaksan, western and eastern part. Its western parts as one of representative of Korean mountain resorts have various peaks with strangely shaped rocks, lakes, falls, and temples. There are a large number of big and small geographical features such as Daeseung falls, the twelve fairies' bath, An mountain, Madeung ridge, Hangye ridge, and Baekdam valley. Baekdamsa, Ose and Bongjeong rock, and Hangyesan fortress wall brighten beautiful mountains as historic places. The climbing routes of the western part (Naeseolak) of Seolaksan are

Inje-Yongdaeri-Baekdamsa-Ose rock or Bongjeong rock-the eastern part of Seolaksan (yoeseolak), and Inje-Hangye ridge-Ongnyeotang-Jangsudae-Daeseung falls-Baekdamsa. Jangsudae sanjang, Bongjeongam Sanjang, and Official vacation center are prepared for tourists who wish to see the weatern part of Seolaksan. To protect safe travel and climbing two main roads, Inje-Hangyeri-Jangsudae-Yangyang and Yongdaeri-Jinbu ridge-Goseong, were extended. Furthermore, to accommodate a large number of tourists to Jangsudae and Baekdam zone, a newly residential area in modern style was built and dangerous climbing routes in the western part of Seolaksan became a popular national park after development.