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The purpose of this study is to investigate the preferences of urban dwellers for various attributes of the urban forest near residential area by choice experiment. Sampling and data collection were conducted by a polling agency targeting Seoul citizens in 2017. Respondents were asked to choose one of three hypothetical alternatives, which are bundles of six attributes at different levels that comprise the urban forest. The main effects model was utilized to construct hypothetical alternatives. The attributes were FOREST TYPE, TRAIL PAVEMENT TYPE, SLOPE, TRAIL LENGTH, ACCESSABILITY, and FUND. The sample size was 600, and respondents’ ages were limited to 20–59 due to sampling costs. As a result of the calibration, it was found that all attributes except TRAIL LENGTH were statistically significant. Specifically, respondents’ preference for each attribute level was as follows: (a) respondents preferred deciduous and mixed forest to coniferous forest; (b) they preferred soil-type pavement and wood deck to porous elastic pavement; and (c) they preferred flat and hilly slope to mountainous slope. Also, they preferred easily accessible urban forest, but they were reluctant to raise fund. The research suggests various managerial implications of the findings based on the characteristics of visitors.