Wonmi Park is located near the Central Library and includes a soccer field, tennis courts, basketball courts, and a Memorial Tower. There are also developed hiking trails and a forest bathing area, making it pleasant for light mountain walks, with several popular mineral springs scattered throughout. Bucheon Wonmi Park is a favored resting spot for citizens and an educational place for children. Situated beside the six-lane Mulmoi-gil road under Wonmi Mountain, the park offers both relaxation and sports facilities across approximately 23,800 pyeong (about 78,700 square meters). The park’s Memorial Tower connects directly to the hiking trail up Wonmi Mountain. The hike to the summit is 4 km, making it an easy walking course.
Wonmi Mountain (167m), the main mountain of Bucheon which embraces Bucheon Comprehensive Stadium, is highly regarded as a hiking spot and resting place for Bucheon citizens. In response, Bucheon City created a large-scale park of over 30,000㎡ behind Bucheon Municipal Wonmi Library that includes Jindallae Hill, a museum, swimming pool, sledding slope, traffic park, outdoor theater, comprehensive stadium, artificial waterfall, artificial rock wall, and archery range, opening on March 25, 2001. In spring, about 30,000 azalea trees bloom in clusters, creating a spectacular view. The Wonmi Mountain Azalea Festival held every April uses an official emblem, helping build the festival’s image as a local event. It is located 450m from Bucheon Comprehensive Stadium Station on Subway Line 7, near Bucheon Herbal Museum and Wonmi Park.
Mureungdowon Arboretum opened in October 2012 and covers a total area of 210,298㎡, housing 1,334 species of trees. At the entrance pond, there are dramatic columnar jointed cliffs and a waterfall symbolizing the arboretum. Passing through the pond and waterfall purifies all worldly worries and impurities, leading from the reality world into the ideal world of Mureungdowon, where the arboretum unfolds. Inside, you can find a topiary garden decorated with deer and giraffes made of various flowers. On the low hill to the left is a rock garden where you can admire beautiful and rare flowers from early spring to late autumn. The stream flowing through the center hosts aquatic plants such as iris. Every June, diverse irises and other plants collected from home and abroad bloom beside the stream. Upstream is a perennial herb garden with about 600 species of perennials like Sanbuchu, Danyang ssukbujaengi, and doraji, whose aerial parts wither in winter but regrow in spring.
Bucheon Botanical Garden is located within Bucheon Natural Ecology Park and spans two basement and two aboveground floors, offering a paradise of rare plants. The garden is designed as a glass greenhouse shaped like a peach blossom, symbolizing Bucheon City, and consists of five themed halls: Fun Plant Hall, Aquatic Plant Hall, Subtropical Plant Hall, Succulent Plant Hall, and Native Plant Hall, along with two plant experience centers. Blending with the surrounding forest, it provides citizens with a living natural learning space and diverse cultural rest areas. In addition to Bucheon Botanical Garden, the Natural Ecology Park houses the Natural Ecology Museum, Agricultural Relics Exhibition Hall, Bucheon Mureungdowon Arboretum, and Strong Child Experience Center, making it enjoyable to explore and experience according to age. It is conveniently accessible near Kkachiwool Station on Seoul Metropolitan Subway Line 7.
Bucheon Children's Observatory was established in April 2019, following the launch of the Yonsei University-affiliated Children's Observatory in September 2003. It is a place where children want to visit on their own, where the dream of becoming an astronomer is nurtured, and where the universe imagined while looking at the stars is realized. The observatory includes a large lecture room, a main telescope, and a movable circular dome facility on the rooftop. Led by Daejang-ssaem, temporarily settled on Earth, along with Eomji-ssaem and Banggeut-ssaem, visitors can enjoy fun astronomy classes. Programs include "Celestial Journey with Dad," one-day astronomy classes, one-day constellation experiences, Starry Expedition lectures, and Space Exploration lectures. Unlike other observatories, Bucheon Children's Observatory is easily accessible by public transportation. It is within walking distance from Exit 3 of Kkachiwool Station on Subway Line 7, providing convenience for all children in the western Gyeonggi region to experience the stars of the universe.
Kkachiwool is a rural village embraced by Jakdongsan and Jihyangsan mountains, which surround the village like a folding screen. The name Kkachiwool comes from the fact that it has been a small and beautiful village with an unusually large number of magpies since long ago. It is a historic village where the tombs of Gyeongsuk Ongju, the fifth daughter of King Seongjong, and Hwayu Ongju, the tenth daughter of King Yeongjo, are located. This area thrives with various menus including chicken baeksuk, Korean traditional set meals, and cafes, with a particular emphasis on nourishing duck dishes. Located in Jakdong, Ojeong-gu, Bucheon-si, it was designated as a food culture street by Gyeonggi-do in 2011.
