Mungyeong Saejae Provincial Park is at 932 Saejae-ro, Mungyeong-eup, Mungyeong, Gyeongsangbuk-do. Admission to the park has been free since 10 April 2008, and the trail stays open with no entry-hour limit. The walk from the first gate to the second is 3 km and takes 50 minutes. From the second gate to the third it is 3.5 km and 70 minutes. The open film set is a separate ticket: 09:00–18:00, or 09:00–17:00 from November through February. Individuals pay KRW 2,000 (adults), KRW 1,000 (youth and soldiers), or KRW 500 (children).
Those walking times are on the Mungyeong city trail page. Admission and film-set hours are on the city use-info page. Both are in Korean. The English overview is on VisitKorea.
The two walks between the three gates
The city trail page splits the old road into two walks. Juheulgwan, the first gate, to Jogokgwan, the second, is 3 km and 50 minutes. Jogokgwan to Joryeonggwan, the third gate, is 3.5 km and 70 minutes. Add the two city walks and you get 6.5 km and 120 minutes, but that total is only those two figures added together, not a time measured for the full route.
A Korea Tourism Organization article lists the course as the first gate, the Joryeongwon site, Jogok waterfall, the second gate, a Nakdong River source, and the third gate, and gives the whole walk as 6.5 km and about 2 hours. Leave “about 2 hours” as it is. Do not rewrite it as 120 minutes. There is no official time for the walk back. VisitKorea says the round trip from the first gate to the last is roughly four hours. Do not turn the one-way 120 minutes into a confirmed 240.
Juheulgwan, Jogokgwan, and Joryeonggwan
All three gates are Historic Site No. 147. Juheulgwan and Joryeonggwan were built in 1708, the 34th year of King Sukjong. Jogokgwan was built in 1594, the 27th year of King Seonjo. The park introduction gives the area as 5.494 km² and also lists the place as Scenic Site No. 32. You pass Juheulgwan, then Jogokgwan, then Joryeonggwan. The film set was first built in Yongsagol, behind the first gate, so its hours and ticket apply only if you go in.
The trail page also names the Joryeongwon site, Jogok waterfall, and Joryeong spring. It calls the spring one of the three sources of the Nakdong River. It does not give a separate distance between those stops. Between the second and third gates the old road runs through the woods toward Chaekbawi.
Shorter metre figures on the same page
Another line on that trail page calls three shorter figures a distance: 244 m from the office to Juheulgwan, 380 m to the second gate, and 650 m to the third. Those numbers do not match 3 km and 3.5 km. The page calls them distances, so do not relabel them as elevation, and do not add them to the walk. The walking distances in this guide are 3 km and 3.5 km only.
Mountain heights agree except for Bubong. Both the introduction and the trail table give Juheulsan as 1,106 m and Joryeongsan as 1,026 m. The introduction gives Bubong as 916 m, and the trail table gives it as 917 m. Neither figure cancels the other. The peaks are not what this walk is for.
| Stretch | Distance | Time | How to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gate 1 Juheulgwan → gate 2 Jogokgwan | 3 km | 50 min | City trail figure |
| Gate 2 → gate 3 Joryeonggwan | 3.5 km | 70 min | City trail figure |
| Those two figures added | 6.5 km | 120 min | A sum, not a separate measurement |
| Tourism article, whole course | 6.5 km | about 2 hours | Not the same wording as 120 minutes |
Free park entry, paid film set
Walking the provincial park and entering the film set are different charges. Park admission has been free since 10 April 2008, and the trail has no closing time. The office number on the use-info page is 054-571-0709. VisitKorea says the park is open 24 hours, has no annual closure, and is free to enter. Its inquiry number is +82-54-550-8363. Keep both numbers. They are not the same line.
Film-set hours are 09:00–18:00, and 09:00–17:00 from November through the following February. It is closed on 1 January, on Seollal day, on Chuseok day, for safety checks, and on days the mayor sets. The prices below are for individuals and for groups of 20 or more. The resident and Gyeongbuk Tour Pass style of discount on the city page applies to individuals. The page says that resident group rate is not applied.
| Adult | Youth or soldier | Child | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual, standard | KRW 2,000 | KRW 1,000 | KRW 500 |
| Group of 20 or more, standard | KRW 1,500 | KRW 800 | KRW 400 |
| Mungyeong resident or Gyeongbuk Tour Pass–type discount, individual | KRW 1,000 | KRW 500 | KRW 300 |
On those pages an adult is 19–64, a child is 7–12, and youth or soldier covers ages 13–18 plus uniformed soldiers at sergeant and below. The wording for service members is slightly different from page to page. Both social-service members and public-service workers appear in the original text, so do not add an age band the pages do not have.
People admitted free include children 6 and under, adults 65 and over, disability grades 1–3 with one companion, national and independence merit persons and the family members the page lists, the war veterans named under the veterans’ act article the page cites, escorts of state guests and foreign envoys, official duty, soldiers on Armed Forces Day, children on Children’s Day, and one use of a polling stub within three months of election day, among others. This is a short list of what the pages name. It is not a closed list.
One line on the ticket table is a yongsan experience fee of KRW 3,000. The page never says what that experience is. Film rental, such as KRW 2,000,000 a day for a movie or KRW 1,000,000 a day for a drama, is not the visitor ticket.
The Old Trail Museum and the ecology museum are free in the visible text of both the use-info page and the fee schedule. Their phones there are 054-550-8372 and 054-550-8383. VisitKorea also lists the Old Trail Museum and the Ecological Center as free. The only paid prices on that English page are the film-set individual rates: KRW 2,000, 1,000, and 500. Group and resident discounts are on the city pages, not in the English text.
The film-set phones do not match across pages. Use-info gives 054-572-1150. The film-set introduction, updated 8 August 2025, gives Mungyeong Tourism Organization at 054-553-3107 and 054-571-4357 for visits, and lists 054-572-1150 again for filming. The fee-schedule line for the provincial park is 054-571-0709.
The use-info icons show a stroller, a wheelchair, Wi-Fi, and parking. Pets are not allowed.
The tram fare is one way only
The use-info tram table has a single one-way row and no course name. Adults pay KRW 2,000, youth and soldiers KRW 800, and children KRW 500. A round-trip price is not on that table.
An adult here is 19 or older, and the note says there is no senior discount. Youth and soldiers are ages 13–18 and uniformed sergeants and below. A child is 4–12. That is not the film-set child band of 7–12. Ages 0–3 ride free. Disability grades 1–3 and one guardian ride free. An adult who pays receives a Mungyeong Love gift certificate of KRW 1,000, or a local product of about the same value.
The use-info page does not list tram departure times. It also does not say the tram runs to the third gate.
Buses and parking, where the pages disagree
The city list and the operator list
The city directions page, updated 7 February 2025, has no timetable. It tells you to check the operator site or call. The address is 932 Saejae-ro. City buses have been fully free since 1 January 2025.
The city page names routes 10-3, 21, and 21-2. The Mungyeong passenger timetable for Saejae, effective 21 July 2025, names 211, Mungyeong-1, Mungyeong-5, and Express-1. Those are different labels. Do not treat them as one numbering system.
The city’s ride times all say “about.” If your intercity bus serves Mungyeong-eup, get off at the public bus stop and take 10-3 or 21 to the provincial-park stop, about 10 minutes. If it does not, get off at Jeomchon intercity terminal and take bus 21 across from Homeplus, about 45 minutes. Another option from Jeomchon is an intercity bus toward Mungyeong-eup, about 20 minutes, then 10-3 or 21, about 10 minutes. Do not add those two “about” figures into one total. From Mungyeong Station on the Jungbu Naeryuk KTX line, 10-3, 21, or 21-2 is about 15 minutes. From Jeomchon Station on the Gyeongbuk line, bus 21 in front of the NH Bank Mungyeong branch is about 55 minutes.
The operator’s footnote is different. After Jeomchon terminal you board across from Homeplus, and that ride is about 50 minutes. That is not the city’s “about 45 minutes,” so do not average them. Mungyeong-eup to Saejae is about 10 minutes on the operator page as well. Times at stops along the way can shift by about 5 minutes. You cannot board a Sangsin-ro via bus at Homeplus. The operator phone is 054-553-2230.
The table below is route 211 from the Jeomchon side to Saejae, and only where the operator printed a time for the terminal, Homeplus, and Saejae.
| Leaves the stop | Via Homeplus | Saejae |
|---|---|---|
| 06:30 | 06:37 | 07:30 |
| 07:10 | 07:19 | 08:10 |
| 08:00 | 08:09 | 08:45 |
| 09:10 | 09:19 | 10:00 |
| 10:00 | 10:09 | 11:00 |
| 10:40 | 10:49 | 11:30 |
| 12:00 | 12:09 | 12:40 |
| 13:10 | 13:19 | 14:00 |
| 14:00 | 14:09 | 15:00 |
| 15:20 | 15:29 | 16:10 |
Two buses in that table also list Mungyeong Station. The 09:10 departure passes the station at 09:50 and reaches Saejae at 10:00. The 13:10 departure passes the station at 13:50 and reaches Saejae at 14:00. The 17:10 and 18:15 departures are marked Sangsin-ro instead of a Homeplus time. The 17:10 bus reaches Saejae at 18:00. The 18:15 bus passes Mungyeong Station at 18:50 and reaches Saejae at 19:00. Sangsin-ro is a road name, not a time.
Back toward Jeomchon, the operator prints a Saejae departure and a Mungyeong-eup stop time on every row below.
| Route | Leaves Saejae | Mungyeong-eup stop |
|---|---|---|
| 211 | 07:35 | 07:50 |
| 211 | 08:15 | 08:30 |
| Mungyeong-1 | 08:40 | 08:50 |
| 211 | 09:05 | 09:20 |
| Mungyeong-5 | 09:40 | 09:50 |
| 211 | 10:20 | 10:30 |
| 211 | 11:00 | 11:10 |
| 211 | 11:55 | 12:05 |
| 211 | 13:05 | 13:15 |
| 211 | 14:25 | 14:35 |
| 211 | 15:05 | 15:15 |
| 211 | 16:25 | 16:35 |
| Mungyeong-5 | 16:40 | 16:50 |
| Mungyeong-1 | 17:20 | 17:30 |
| 211 | 18:15 | 18:25 |
| 211 | 19:10 | 19:20 |
Only some of those rows name the road they use. Mojeon-ro is on the 07:35, 08:15, 11:55, 14:25, 15:05, 16:25, and 19:10 departures. Sangsin-ro is on 09:05, 10:20, and 11:00. The 13:05 departure goes via the police station. The 18:15 departure passes Mungyeong Station at 18:28 and is marked for Jinnam Station.
Express-1 is split by direction, and the time column is labeled only “time.” Do not read those figures as a Saejae arrival or a Saejae departure. Toward Saejae the times are 05:00, 09:35, 13:35, and 17:40, via Jeomchon Station, Jungang Market, Hyundai Apartments, City Hall, Maseong, and Mungyeong Station. Toward Jeomchon they are 05:40, 10:10, 14:10, and 18:25, via Mungyeong Station, Maseong, City Hall, Jeil Hospital, Jungang Market, and Jeomchon Station. Among 211 departures printed at Saejae, the latest is 19:10. Express-1 also has 18:25 in its time column. The page does not say whether anything runs after those.
Driving times on the city page come with the caveat that traffic can change them. Seoul is 2 hours 10 minutes via Yeonpung IC. Incheon is 2 hours 16 minutes. Daegu is 1 hour 42 minutes and Busan is 3 hours 35 minutes, both via Mungyeong Saejae IC. Daejeon is 1 hour 52 minutes.
Parking does not have one price
The use-info page, updated 5 June 2024, says the lot runs 08:30–17:30 and, in the same item, that the fee is free. The phone is 054-571-4358. The same passage also says the lot is opened free on 1 January, Seollal day, and Chuseok day. Do not read that as “free only on holidays.” The fee line you can see already says free.
The fee schedule, updated 28 February 2025, shows a per-entry price under the provincial-park heading: KRW 4,000 for a bus or van of 25 seats or more, KRW 2,000 for a car, and KRW 1,000 for a compact car. The phone on that line is 054-571-0709. A later update date is not a reason to delete the free line. VisitKorea says parking is available and the parking fee is free, which agrees with use-info and disagrees with the fee schedule.
This guide does not pick one of those prices. Call 054-571-4358 before you count on either. Lot hours end at 17:30. The trail itself stays open. Those are separate facts.
Figures you should not add together
This guide is only the three gates on the old Saejae road. Do not paste in distances or tickets from a day trip somewhere else. Do not add 244 m, 380 m, or 650 m to the 3 km and 3.5 km walks. Do not treat parking as only free, or as only KRW 2,000 for a car, while both city pages are still up.
The tram table has no round-trip fare, no departure times, and no sentence that it reaches the third gate. City routes 10-3, 21, and 21-2 are not the same labels as 211, Mungyeong-1, Mungyeong-5, and Express-1. The “about 45 minutes” and “about 50 minutes” from Jeomchon to Saejae stay as two statements.
Common questions
Is the park free?
Yes. Provincial-park admission has been free since 10 April 2008, and the trail has no entry-hour limit. The office phone on the city page is 054-571-0709. VisitKorea lists +82-54-550-8363. The film set is the paid part: KRW 2,000, 1,000, or 500 for individuals, from 09:00 to 18:00, or 09:00 to 17:00 from November through February. The Old Trail Museum and the ecology museum are free in the text you can see on the city pages.
How long is the walk from the first gate to the third?
The city trail page says 3 km and 50 minutes from Juheulgwan to Jogokgwan, then 3.5 km and 70 minutes from Jogokgwan to Joryeonggwan. Added together that is 6.5 km and 120 minutes, which is only those two figures added together, not a separate measurement. The tourism article says 6.5 km and about 2 hours for the whole course. Do not replace “about 2 hours” with 120 minutes. For the round trip, VisitKorea says roughly four hours. That is not a confirmed 240 minutes. The address is 932 Saejae-ro.
Is parking free?
The city does not say one thing. Use-info says the lot is open 08:30–17:30 and the fee is free. The fee schedule says KRW 4,000, 2,000, and 1,000 per entry for a bus, a car, and a compact car. VisitKorea says free. The holiday sentence is not a rule that parking is free only on 1 January, Seollal, and Chuseok. Call 054-571-4358. The lot’s 17:30 finish is not the trail’s closing time, because the trail stays open.
Do city buses charge, and which number do I take?
Mungyeong city buses have been free since 1 January 2025. The directions page names 10-3, 21, and 21-2. The operator timetable names 211, Mungyeong-1, Mungyeong-5, and Express-1. Do not merge the two lists. Times in this guide are the ones printed on the timetable that took effect on 21 July 2025. Jeomchon to Saejae is about 45 minutes on the city page and about 50 minutes in the operator footnote. The operator phone is 054-553-2230.
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