Namsan
- Easiest route
- 0.6 km+123 m · about 0.5 h
- Prominence
- 225 m740 ft
- Isolation
- 4.4 km
- Tonight
- 10°CPartly cloudy · Wind 9 km/h N
Namsan is a 265 m (869 ft) mountain in Seoul, South Korea.
All facts
- Elevation
- 265 m · 869 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Inwangsan (338 m)
- Region
- Seoul, South Korea
- Coordinates
- 37.5515° N, 126.9876° E
How to get to the top of Namsan
2 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 0.4 km WNW of Namsan
- Distance
- 0.6 kmone way
- Climb
- +123 m−6 m (404 ft up)
- Time up
- about 0.5 h
- Difficulty
- Grade not mapped
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Namsan 3D map
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Namsan terrain and contours
10 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Namsan weather
Today · Partly cloudy · 10 / 18°C (50 / 64°F) · Wind 9 km/h N
Namsan forecast for the summit, about 265 m.
- Today10°18°–9 km/h N
- Sun9°23°–20 km/h NE
- Mon11°21°–12 km/h E
- Tue3°14°–21 km/h NW
- Wed3°10°–9 km/h NW
- Thu7°13°7.0 mm7 km/h E
- Fri10°17°0.7 mm16 km/h W
- Sat3°9°–15 km/h NW
- Sun4°9°4.2 mm17 km/h NW
- Mon1°7°–16 km/h NW
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Namsan
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Namsan, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
서울타워 주차장
Nearest caravan site
Tondemon samarkand
Nearest campsite
6.4 km SSE
Nearest trailhead
6.7 km SSW
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.1 km SSE |
| 서울타워 주차장Parking | 0.3 km ESE |
| Parking | 0.5 km WSW |
| Caravan site | 2.3 km SE |
| Tondemon samarkandCaravan site | 2.3 km NE |
| Campsite | 6.4 km SSE |
| Trailhead | 6.7 km SSW |
| Trailhead | 6.7 km SSW |
| Trailhead | 6.9 km SSW |
How steep is the route to Namsan?
The easiest mapped route, 0.6 km from 153 m to 265 m. Steepest stretch: 33°.
- 0–15°0.4 km
- 15–30°0.2 km
- 30–45°0.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 10 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Namsan summit.
Summit list 3
- 1Maebong175 m 2.0 km ESE
- 2둔지산66 m 2.2 km S
- 3청계천 북쪽 가산20 m 2.6 km NE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 732 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Oriental Magpie391
- Rock Pigeon292
- Brown-eared Bulbul191
- Grey Heron170
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow154
- Little Egret147
Where Namsan sits
- Region
- South Korea12Asia964
Nearby places
Namsan downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Print & wall
3D printing & 3D apps
Free to use with credit: see the data sources
How accurate is this?
11 m high This 3D map reads 276 m at the summit; the official height is 265 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model measures the surface, snow, ice and trees included, and official heights can come from older surveys.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 265 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 276 m | +11 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 270 m | +5 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-09-10)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia