Daecheongho Natural Ecology Center
- +82-42-251-4781
- donggu.go.kr
Overview
The Daecheongho Natural Ecology Center in Chu-dong, Dong-gu, Daejeon highlights the natural ecosystem of the Daecheongho Lake, which was created by the damming of Geumgang River in 1980. Daecheongho Lake is the third largest lake in Korea and boasts a reservoir measuring a surface area of 72.8 square kilometers, a circumference of 80 kilometers, and a capacity of 1.5 billion tons of water.
The Daecheongho Natural Ecology Center stands on a plot of land alongside Daecheongho Lake spanning 8,270 square meters; the building itself (B1-3F) measures 1,488.5 square meters. The first floor houses an event hall, a storage room, and a theater showing videos on the natural ecology of Daecheongho Lake. On the second floor, there is a folk history center and ecology center boasting specimens of fish, insects, and plants native to the lake. The third floor houses an environmental center where participants can learn about the importance of recycling and protecting the lake’s water quality. There is also an observatory from which to view Daecheongho Lake and an outdoor ecology pond, wildflower beds, a small zoo, a mushroom center, an insect center, and a forest classroom.
Utilization information
Opening hours, closed days and other practical details.
- Contact
- • 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330
(Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
• For more info: +82-42-251-4781 - Parking
- Ecological Hall Indoors: 15 cars (1 lot for people with disabilities / 14 lots for general visitors)
Ecological Hall Outdoors: 23 cars (2 lots for people with disabilities / 21 lots for general visitors) - Closed
- Mondays, January 1st, Seollal & Chuseok
- Admission
- Free
- Hours
- 09:00-18:00
- Size
- Land area: 8,270㎡Building area (B1-F3): 1,488.5㎡
Updated 2016.04.14
Reservations
Online Reservation (Korean)
Access
How to get here by subway or bus, with a map.
Routes and travel time from your current location open in Google Maps. Naver Map is shown in Korean.
Daejeon Station (Daejeon Subway Line 1), Exit 1.
Go straight 200m and cross at the crosswalk.
Take Bus 60 at the bus stop in front of Jungang Market (중앙시장).
Get off at Daecheongho Natural Ecology Center (대청호자연생태관).
Or, from Daejeon City take Bus 61 or 71 to Daecheongho Natural Ecology Center.
41, Cheongaedong-ro, Dong-gu, Daejeon
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