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Cheonho-dong

Cheonho-dong (Korean: 천호동) is a dong (neighborhood) of Gangdong District, Seoul, South Korea.

Cheonho-dong
Cheonho-dong · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Cheonho-dong (Korean: 천호동) is a dong (neighborhood) of Gangdong District, Seoul, South Korea.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Cheonho-dong

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Olympic Park

    Olympic Park, short name Olpark, is an Olympic Park in Bangi-dong, Songpa District, Seoul, South Korea, opened on May 28, 1986. Built at a cost of US$200 million, it was built to host the 1986 Asian Games and the 1988 Summer Olympics.

    2.7 km · park in Seoul, South Korea · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Olympic Gymnastics Arena

    The Olympic Gymnastics Arena, also known as the KSPO Dome since 2018, is an indoor arena located within the Olympic Park in Seoul, South Korea. It has a capacity of 15,000.

    2.8 km · arena in South Korea · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Olympic Bridge

    The Olympic Bridge, also known as the Grand Olympic Bridge, is a bridge over the Han River in Seoul, South Korea. The bridge connects the Gwangjin and Songpa districts.

    2.4 km · bridge · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Korea National Sport University

    Korea National Sport University is a South Korean national university located in the neighborhood of Bangi-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul. It is the only national sport university of South Korea and offers degrees from undergraduate to doctoral level.

    2.7 km · university in Seoul, South Korea · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Buramsan

    Buramsan is a mountain in South Korea. It sits on the boundary between Nowon District, Seoul and Namyangju in Gyeonggi Province.

    3.3 km · mountain in South Korea · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Cheonho Bridge

    The Cheonho Bridge crosses the Han River in Seoul, South Korea. It connects Gangdong District and Gwangjin District.

    1.4 km · bridge · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    ticketLINK Live Arena

    Olympic Handball Gymnasium, currently known as Ticketlink Live Arena for sponsorship reasons, is an indoor sporting arena located at the Olympic Park in Bangi-dong, Songpa District, Seoul, South Korea. The arena was built from September 1984 to April 1986.

    3 km · arena · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Olympic Hall

    Olympic Hall is a music venue located within the Olympic Park, in Bangi-dong, Songpa District, Seoul, South Korea. It opened in 2003.

    3.3 km · Concert hall in Seoul, South Korea · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Myungsung Presbyterian Church

    Myung Sung Presbyterian Church is the largest Presbyterian church in the world. It is located in Myung-il-dong, Seoul, South Korea, with its Prayer Sanctuary in Wonju.

    1.8 km · church in Gangdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Amsa-dong Prehistoric Site

    The Amsa-dong Prehistoric Site, also called Amsa-dong Prehistoric Settlement Site, is an archaeological site and open-air museum in Amsa-dong, Gangdong District, Seoul, South Korea. The site contains evidence of human habitation from at 3,000 to 4,000 years before the present.

    1.8 km · archaeological site in Seoul, South Korea · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Cheonho-dong

Airports
Seoul Gimpo (GMP), 30 km · Incheon (ICN), 60 km · Cheongju/Cheongju Air Base (K-59/G-513) (CJJ), 98 km
Stations
Jamsillaru Station, 3.4 km · Cheonho Station, 700 m · Achasan station, 3.5 km · Gangbyeon Station, 3.1 km · Guui Station, 3.8 km
  • Seoul → Cheonho-dong
    13 km · quickest by road, 28 min · ₩1,680–2,240
  • Cheongju → Cheonho-dong
    106 km · quickest by road, 2h 17m · ₩13,950–18,650
  • Gonghang-ro → Cheonho-dong
    27 km · quickest by road, 50 min · ₩3,910–5,200
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Cheonho-dong

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Cheonho-dong. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inThere are ferry services to various points in China from the neighboring port city of Incheon.
  • Get inNo services run from Japan to Seoul; many Koreans take the coach, KTX or SRT trains to Busan, where several ferry and hydrofoil options are available.
  • Go nextMany tour companies offer DMZ tours which is a day trip from Seoul, the highlight of which is a village lying in the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea.

From Wikivoyage: Seoul, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Muuido and the Incheon islandsKR

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    65 km
  2. 02
    Zamami and the Kerama IslandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 19 sources

    1,259 km
  3. 03
    Matsu IslandsTW

    9 ways of moving, 34 sources

    1,431 km
  4. 04
    Taketomi and the Yaeyama islandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,498 km
  5. 05
    SakhalinRU

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    1,658 km

If you know how people move in Cheonho-dong – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Cheonho-dong

Cheonho-dong is 12 km from Seongnam-si, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Amsa-dongneighborhood in Gangdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea1.8 km
  • Wiryeseonghuman settlement1.8 km
  • Sangil-dongneighborhood in Gangdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea3.2 km
  • Gil-dongneighborhood in Gangdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea1.7 km
  • Bangi-dongneighborhood in Sonpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea3.2 km
  • Sunhwa Arts High Schoolhigh school in Gwangjin District, Seoul, South Korea3.7 km