Mt. Wolmi is the historical war place of the landing of US force in Wolmido Island. Civilians were not allowed to enter this place before 2001 since it was used by a military force but this place has been opened to civilians in 2001 and changed to a historical, cultural and biological park in 50 years.
Mt. Wolmi has magnificent surrounding sites such as a port, lock and surrounding island which can be seen at one glance. Since civilians were prevented from entering this site for the past 50 years, a rich forest formed with cherry blossom trees, pine tress, oak trees, zelkova trees, alder trees, cypresses, Korean rosebays and Korean forsythias. Accordingly, Mt Wolmi’s climbing course is a courteous lane like Namsan’s climbing course.
If you arrive at the top of Mt. Wolmi passing trees which change into different color clothes every season, you will be able to see Wolmi Observatory at once. This observatory is constructed using ironware of 25m height and transparent glass. You can see Incheon port at first sight and can see Jayu Park and the city centre very well. In addition, at night, you can see beautiful lights formed by a special lighting facility installed which radiates light from inside the observatory to the outside.
◉ Useful information
▷ Location : Incheon, Joong-gu, Bookseongdong, Mt. Wolmi
▷ Opening hours : Summer period 07:00~21:00 , Winter period 08:00~20:00
▷ Entrance fee : Free
▷ Inquiry tel. number : Seobu Park office 032)765-4131
◉ Directions
▷ By road :
- Kyungin Highway→ Gajwa IC→ Songhyun Crossroad→ Wolmido Island Entrance →Wolmido Island road →Mt. Wolmi
▷ Public transport :
- Underground line 1, Incheon station →take intracity bus no. 2, 15, 23, 45 → get off at Wolmido Island → Park Entrance
