【Objective】Forest scenic beauty and recreational facility satisfaction are pivotal determinants of visitors’ aesthetic experience and overall comfort, serving as core indicators of a park’s tourism quality. This study aims to establish a coupled coordination evaluation system to provide a scientific basis for enhancing visitor experiences, optimizing resource allocation, and promoting sustainable park development.【Method】Taking Nanjing Mount Zijin National Forest Park as the research site, this study collected online review data spanning 2013 to 2024. We constructed a coupled coordination model to quantify the synergistic development between scenic beauty and facility satisfaction. Furthermore, Markov chain analysis, the Dagum Gini coefficient, and Geodetector were employed to investigate the spatiotemporal evolution, sources of differentiation, and driving factors influencing this synergy.【Result】(1) The overall synergy between scenic beauty and facility satisfaction was relatively high, with a mean coupled coordination degree of 0.7, indicating a stage of “good coordination.” (2) The synergy exhibited a significant “state lock-in” effect, with steady-state probabilities for low-level and high-level coordination remaining as high as 71.52% and 79.74%, respectively. (3) Decomposition of spatial differences revealed that inter-scenic spot disparities were the primary source of the overall variation in coordination levels. (4) The spatial heterogeneity of tourism resource endowment, government regulation, regional economic development, and environmental governance capacity collectively shaped the spatial pattern of the synergy to varying degrees. 【Conclusion】While Mount Zijin National Forest Park demonstrates good coupling between scenic beauty and facility satisfaction, significant developmental imbalances persist among its three core scenic areas. Future efforts should focus on optimizing resource allocation to ensure balanced investments in resource development and environmental governance across all areas. Furthermore, other forest parks in China should draw on these findings by deepening multi-dimensional cross-analyses of online reviews and upgrading visitor center services to achieve a comprehensive, synergistic improvement in both scenic quality and tourist satisfaction.