Korean temple map with on-site stamps
The seven mountain monasteries inscribed by UNESCO in 2018 as Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries in Korea are the reason most people arrive here, and they are the first course below. Around them sit the other 1,249 traditional temples on the public register, each with its own page. Stand within 300 m of one and this page will put a stamp in your notebook.
Courses
The seven UNESCO Sansa monasteriesThe 33 Gwaneum pilgrimage sitesStart here
Staying overnight at a temple
Templestay is run by the Cultural Corps of Korean Buddhism, and booking happens on their own site. We do not take bookings and we do not copy their programme text, so go and read it there.
By region
- Gangwonteukbyeoljachi-do 55
- Gyeonggi-do 125
- Gyeongsangnam-do 115
- Gyeongsangbuk-do 203
- Daegugwangyeok-si 34
- Daejeongwangyeok-si 6
- Busangwangyeok-si 121
- Busanjikhal-si 4
- Seoulteukbyeol-si 62
- Sejongteukbyeoljachi-si 8
- Ulsangwangyeok-si 13
- Incheongwangyeok-si 11
- Jeonnamgwangjutonghapteukbyeol-si 173
- Jeollanam-do 1
- Jeonbukteukbyeoljachi-do 127
- Jejuteukbyeoljachi-do 16
- Chungcheongnam-do 76
- Chungcheongbuk-do 99
Romanized from Korean under the Revised Romanization of Korean (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Notice 2014-42). It is a transcription, not an official English name.
Hyanggyo and seowon, too
Confucian hyanggyo schools and seowon academies we confirmed with a public dataset collect a stamp the same way.
Where this comes from
The temple list is the traditional temple register published as public data by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, checked on 2026-08-25, filtered only for temples still listed as operating. Each temple description is the register's own origin and history field, copied without a word added. Where the register has no coordinates, we say the stamp cannot work there rather than pretending it can.
Where your record is kept
Your location is used for the distance check on this device and goes nowhere else. Stamps live in this browser. All the server ever learns is which step of the page someone reached.
If something here would be useful to you, tap it. We will keep it in mind when we build.