Why this ride
A 285 km round trip from Jangseong - roughly 4 h 47 in the saddle. The stops in between: Gochang Getbol, Museong-seowon, Getbol and back through Museong-seowon. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Piram-seowon and Getbol
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 285 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 47
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Piram-seowon
Piram-seowon sits on flat land among rice fields in Jangseong county, in South Jeolla province, its gates opening onto a courtyard with wooden pavilions and a shrine. It was founded in the late sixteenth century to honour Kim In-hu, a Neo-Confucian scholar from the region known for his integrity and his poetry, and it is one of the nine academies inscribed on the UNESCO list in 2019 as Seowon, Korean Neo-Confucian Academies. Unlike many seowon, which were closed by the government in the nineteenth century, Piram survived, and rituals are still held there.
Read the complete Piram-seowon write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Piram-seowon is where the day begins. Next is Gochang Getbol.
2. Gochang Getbol
At low tide on the coast of Gochang, the sea pulls back so far that it seems to disappear, leaving a vast plain of mud, sand and shell banks glistening in the light. These tidal flats, called getbol in Korean, are among the richest on earth, teeming with crabs, shellfish, worms and the birds that feed on them, including rare migrating shorebirds that stop here on their journeys between Siberia and Australia. Gochang's flats are part of the Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats, listed by UNESCO in 2021.
Read the complete Gochang Getbol write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Gochang Getbol comes up about 50 km into the recorded legs. Next is Museong-seowon.
3. Museong-seowon
Just outside Jeongeup, in a village of low houses and persimmon trees, stands Museong-seowon, a Confucian academy that has served its community for centuries. It honours Choe Chi-won, the great ninth-century scholar of the Silla kingdom who served as magistrate in this area and whose poems and essays made him one of Korea's most celebrated writers. Seowon were private academies where young men studied the Confucian classics and the memory of revered scholars was honoured with rites, and Museong is one of nine inscribed together by UNESCO in 2019.
Read the complete Museong-seowon write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 99 km into the recorded legs you reach Museong-seowon. Next is Getbol.
4. Getbol
On Korea's west coast the sea goes out a very long way. The Yellow Sea has big tides, and when they drop they expose huge plains of mud, the getbol, glistening and grey and full of life. The Korean tidal flats were inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 2021, covering stretches from Seocheon in the north to Gochang, Shinan and Boseong-Suncheon in the south, and they are among the most important feeding grounds on Earth for migratory shorebirds travelling between Siberia and Australia. Crabs, mudskippers, worms and shellfish swarm in the mud, and people have harvested them for centuries.
Read the complete Getbol write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Getbol, about halfway. Next is back through Museong-seowon.
5. back through Museong-seowon
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Museong-seowon write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Museong-seowon sits at 182 km, about halfway. Next is back through Gochang Getbol.
6. back through Gochang Getbol
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Gochang Getbol write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Gochang Getbol comes up about 236 km into the recorded legs. Next is Piram-seowon.
7. Piram-seowon
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Piram-seowon write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Piram-seowon closes the day.
Leg by leg
Piram-seowon to Gochang Getbol
Piram-seowon → Gochang Getbol is 50 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Gochang Getbol to Museong-seowon
Gochang Getbol → Museong-seowon is 49 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Museong-seowon to Getbol
Museong-seowon → Getbol is 44 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Getbol to back through Museong-seowon
Getbol → back through Museong-seowon is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Museong-seowon to back through Gochang Getbol
back through Museong-seowon → back through Gochang Getbol is 50 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Gochang Getbol to Piram-seowon
back through Gochang Getbol → Piram-seowon is 49 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
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