Photo: Seoul Parks (Seoul Metropolitan Government)
Suraksan Urban Nature Park
수락산도시자연공원
Mountain & trail · Nowon-gu
One account says Suraksan is named for the water that tumbles down the rock walls in the valleys around Naewonam; a legend holds that the name came from the clear valley water falling as the Geumnyu, Eunnyu and Ongnyu waterfalls...
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