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✦ From NUM's directory · updated 2026-11-08

Hike Seoul's 600-year-old wall: the city trails you can reach by subway.

The hiking trails NUM maps in Seoul, centred on the Seoul City Wall: four mountains, granite ridges and palace views, every trailhead a subway ride away.

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The wall is the trail

Hiking is a national habit in Korea, and the weekend trails fill with locals in full kit, so go on a weekday morning if you want the ridges quieter. The Seoul City Wall is the trail to know: it follows the ridges of Bugaksan, Naksan, Namsan and Inwangsan, and the city divides it into sections that each take one to three hours, so you can walk one in a morning and be back downtown for lunch. Naksan and Namsan are the easy sections; Inwangsan and Bugaksan are steep and rocky. There is little to buy on the ridges, so pick up water and a kimbap at a convenience store by the trailhead.

Questions people ask

How long is the Seoul City Wall hike?

The whole wall is 18.6 km, but it is walked in sections of one to three hours each, gate to gate.

What is the easiest hike in Seoul?

The Naksan and Namsan sections of the City Wall, or the Namsan Pine Trail below N Seoul Tower.

Where is the best view of Gyeongbokgung palace?

From Inwangsan, on the west side of the City Wall, which looks straight down onto the palace.

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