Jeongeup

Jeongeup (정읍시) is in North Jeolla province in South Korea

Understand

Jeongeup and its surrounding mountains and hills are a popular tourist destination in Korea for the maple leaf trees that have impressive colors during the fall.

Climate

Jeongeup
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D       7.5     7 −4       2.9     9 −2       85     14 3       79     21 8       40     26 12       46     28 19       250     30 22       392     28 21       86     27 17       123     22 10       80     15 5       71     5 −4 Average max. and min. temperatures in °C Precipitation+Snow totals in mm Source: Korea Meteorological Administration http://www.weatheri.co.kr/
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D       0.3     44 24       0.1     48 28       3.3     57 37       3.1     69 47       1.6     78 54       1.8     83 66       9.9     86 71       15     83 70       3.4     81 63       4.8     72 51       3.1     58 41       2.8     40 25 Average max. and min. temperatures in °F Precipitation+Snow totals in inches

Get in

1 Jeongeup Station connects the town to the wider Korean rail network.

There is a 2 Bus Station near the rail station, with connections to the national park outside of the town.

Get around

By taxi

It is easy to get ripped off by taxi drivers who charge 10,000-15,000 per person, which is ~3-4 times the normal fee. So try to avoid these taxis and avoiding visiting at peak times for traffic, especially weekends. This has been an issue for many years, but the city government has done nothing effective to improve the situation.

See

• 1 Museong-seowon (E of Jeongeup). A Confucian academy, one of nine to make up the world heritage site Seowon, Korean Neo-Confucian Academies. (updated Jul 2019)

Do

• 1 Naejangsan National Park (내장산국립공원), Naejang-dong (From the Jeongeup bus terminal, take Bus 171 to Naejangsan National Park (내장산).), ☏ +82-63-538-7875. (updated Sep 2015)