Destination: Lansdowne [Location on Map]
State: Uttaranchal
Distance by road: It is around 233kms away from Delhi.
Nearest Railway Station: It is at Kotdwar, at a distance of around 40kms.
Nearest Airport: Jolly Grant
Best Season: March-June, September-November
British established a cantonment here in 1887A.D. which was founded by lord Lansdowne therefore the place is named after his name.
Tourists can enjoy lovely view of western Himalayas by visiting number of amazing points like snow view and Tiffin top.
It is 45kms away from Kotdwar. Salubrious climate and natural beauty attracts tourists all round the year. Summers are pleasant and winters are quite cold as the temperature goes below zero.
Main attractions of Lansdowne are:
- Jwalpa devi(47kms)
- Durga devi(24kms)
- Tarkeshwar mahadev(30kms)
- Kanvashram(14kms)
- Charaik hills(20kms)
- Sidhbali temple(3kms)
One need to take Delhi-meerut road (not the bypass) to come to Kanvashram by road, change to Meerut- Nazibabad route. Kotdwar is 12kms from nazibabad and after that Lansdowne comes. Taxis are available from Gurgaon also. It is 295kms from Delhi and will take approx 6hrs.
If you want to travel by train, mussoorie express leaves old Delhi everyday at 10.20p.m. And you can get down at Kotdwar (around 6.00 a.m.). After that you can hire a taxi for Lansdowne as the nearest railway station is Kotdwar (37kms). From Gurgaon one can easily reach old Delhi railway station by your own conveyance or by taxi.
Jolly Grant (152kms) is the nearest airport at Pauri to reach Lansdowne. You can go to Kotdwar from Pauri by taxi or tourist car.
Reaching airport is not a problem whether you are in Delhi or Gurgaon.
56 responses so far
1 girish bisht ~ Aug 11, 2009 at 2:01 am
lansdowne is one of the most beautiful placesin uttranchal we are proud to born in such heaven
2 Nidhi Rawat ~ Aug 16, 2009 at 7:44 am
V love Uttranchal!
3 vijay gusain ~ Aug 18, 2009 at 2:06 am
hai i am proud to be a uttrakhandi and also blessed by god to be born in landsdown. landsdown is the best hill station in the world
4 Vikas Kala ~ Jan 11, 2010 at 4:57 am
I Love My Uttrakhand
5 pankaj ~ Jan 16, 2010 at 12:48 pm
hey..cn i knw dis guest house name cz iv been there n plannin to go again..if any1 can lemme knw da fone nmbr…in da pic written as gurgaon to lansdowne
6 nandita ~ Apr 13, 2010 at 11:53 pm
hey i am fortunate as i have spend my childhood here….really i luv dis place
7 Bhupender Aswal ~ May 19, 2010 at 1:51 am
I wish to move back Uttrakhand .
8 sam ~ May 22, 2010 at 4:43 am
lansdown is a place where you will catch the beauty of calmness in the environment
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9 Bhupender Bhatt ~ Jun 19, 2010 at 2:43 am
i love uttrakhand, and i am already belong in uttrakhand.
Bhupender Bhatt
10 kapil joshi ~ Jul 11, 2010 at 12:55 am
lansdowne is one of the most beautiful placed i born in landsdown and spend my childhood here missing a lot,,,,,,,
11 Mahi ~ Jul 22, 2010 at 2:53 am
I have never been to Landsdowne, but after seeing the photographs and comments here, would definitely like to go there and see the natural beauty.
12 RAKESH LAKHERA ~ Jul 25, 2010 at 11:34 am
lansdown is a place where you will catch the beauty of calmness in the environment
13 jeet rawat ~ Aug 15, 2010 at 5:39 am
its a nice place..mising my beutiful days i spent in uttrakhand.pls visit this place once.
14 Subhash Semwal ~ Aug 28, 2010 at 1:28 am
I have been to Lansdowne. A beautiful place with healthy climate.
15 dinesh aswal ~ Oct 22, 2010 at 9:55 pm
i love uttaranchal. i am proud of uttaranchal who born there.
16 Rahul ~ Nov 29, 2010 at 10:32 am
Thanks for your useful comments.. I knw Uttaranchal is one of the beautiful place i hv ever seen in my entire life. This place is new for me.
I ll defintly visit there by nxt yr…
17 bhupender kumar bhatt ~ Jan 9, 2011 at 6:18 am
I also love uttrakhand specially chowpta near to gopeshwar…and i am proud to be born here in dev bhoomi friend.
18 Rahul Verma ~ Jan 29, 2011 at 5:29 am
In the vally of Hills the view of Tip N Top is Lovable where U can see the real Nature of the world….I also like this palace and I know when U’ll go there u also like that………..
19 Dharmendra Singh Rawat ~ Feb 15, 2011 at 5:14 am
i was lived there(lansdowan)
there always weather are beautiful and i spent my 5 to 7 years there
and i love lansdowane.
20 Col Anand Sachdeva ~ Apr 1, 2011 at 3:48 am
I love Lansdowne
21 Eisha ~ Apr 6, 2011 at 12:09 am
The guest house shown in this picture is a part of Fairy Dale Hotel, Landsdowne. This is one of the best resorts to stay out thr
22 Pratap chaudhary ~ Apr 8, 2011 at 5:49 am
hey mein bhi lasdown ja raha hun, nd m so exited,, aap logo comment or vaha ki pics dekh kar lagta hai ki vo sach mein bahut khoobsurat jagah hai,, bahut maja aayega,,
23 Pratap chaudhary ~ Apr 8, 2011 at 5:51 am
hey guys pls tell mein ki sabse achha resorts kaunsa hai vaha, aur sabse achhi jagah kaunsi hai aur plz tell me ki vaha temreture kitna hai abhi,, hy pls help dosto
24 johny ~ Apr 18, 2011 at 11:10 am
mujhe to pta nhi kaisi jagah hai suggestions do………..!!!!!!!!:):)
25 annurag ~ Apr 21, 2011 at 3:21 am
i m comming after tommorw…..someone tel me best place to stay…..
26 anuj ~ Apr 23, 2011 at 10:26 am
it is a 1 of the hill station place i want to stay 3 months in a year best months are may june july
27 sudarshan singh pundir ~ May 2, 2011 at 11:50 am
i love Lansdowne…..initially known as ” Kaloin Danda”. I spent six years of my childhood here…from 1984 to 90…I was student of KV ( class 2 to 7). last visited in Jan 1997….miss LANSDOWNE very much…
28 Jay Prakash ~ May 13, 2011 at 5:37 am
I am an uttarakhandi and am proud of being so, but never had an opportynity to see landsdowne. A friend told me about the beautiful place and i just saw these amazing pictures. Otherwise also i feel we have so many similar calm & beautiful places in uttarakhand. I really like….
29 anamika ~ May 15, 2011 at 12:10 am
hey guys!!!
i’m proud tat i ws born in lansdowne
d butiful hiil station of uttarakhand
i still dream of my birth place and remember d sweet memories of childhood
i want to visit my brth place again
30 saurav ~ May 15, 2011 at 3:51 am
lansdowne is one of the best hill satation…
31 Jiya ~ May 21, 2011 at 3:06 am
wow………seems lyk a heaven on earth…such a beautiful place, it wud b such a big relief 2 b der 4gtng all worries n hurries of r daily lyf
32 Jeet Ram Shah, Rikhani Khal ~ May 31, 2011 at 3:16 am
I am proud that I am from uttarakhand, the culture, uttarakhand people such a beautiful, mera dandyu kandyu ku mulak alu basant retu ma ayee
33 Man Mohan Rawat ~ Jun 2, 2011 at 11:17 am
I’ve heard a lot about it and planning to go there during June..2011 let’s see what happens. I had never been towards this route… Garhwal region… and would love to visit there…
34 jyoti ~ Jun 29, 2011 at 9:30 pm
Hello All
Please advice me gud restort to stay for 3 days aur sabse achhi jagah kaunsi hai………
35 Roshan ~ Jul 4, 2011 at 1:42 am
Jyoti Lansdowne jao It’s wonderfull place for Holidays.
36 Rekha Santosh ~ Jul 14, 2011 at 8:39 am
planning 2 visit n nvember 4 our 1st annvrsry.hpe v hv d pleasure 2 see ds picteresque place soon..xcited!!!!!!!!
37 Anup kumar ~ Jul 15, 2011 at 2:15 am
I m planning to go to this place.. thx for your lovely catalyzed comments.. entitled me to go there
38 Raghu ~ Jul 19, 2011 at 12:49 pm
nothing so attractive about Lansdowns…people plz don’t giv a shit
39 Ashish ~ Jul 24, 2011 at 11:13 am
We are planning to spend couple of days in next month at Landsdown. Pls advise whats the temprarture there and good place to stay.
40 ravi aswal ~ Jul 28, 2011 at 7:04 pm
lansdowne is heaven of earth.
“dandune kantheun ma jab lonkuda kued khonkar lagadu tab jikudi ma mer”…..
yaaden…
41 Navneet yadav ~ Aug 6, 2011 at 10:03 pm
i like this place ,it’s cool place
42 BHARAT BISHT ~ Aug 8, 2011 at 1:49 am
I Love my Uttrakhand
43 Narendra kandari ~ Sep 8, 2011 at 4:38 am
Lovely Uttrakhan and i Love So Much
44 amit ~ Sep 11, 2011 at 2:19 am
i love my uttaranchal
45 Roshan singh Bisht ~ Sep 20, 2011 at 3:21 am
LANSDOWN IS BEUTIFUL PLACE BECAUSE THAT IS CONMENT AREA OF GARHWAL REGIMENT. I LIKE IS LOT OF TIP IN TOP.
46 ajay maindola (sonu) ~ Sep 23, 2011 at 10:47 pm
hey this is very piece full place ………………………
47 Jagmender Singh ~ Sep 27, 2011 at 3:44 am
We Are planning to Visit this Hill Station , Next Month, is anything Specail about this hill station, aur can any one tell more so we can enjoy there
48 anney rawat ~ Oct 19, 2011 at 4:01 am
i love lansdowne a peacefull area
49 Naithani Pravin Chandra ~ Oct 23, 2011 at 10:55 am
Lansdowne beautiful hill station. Honest people, excellent and healthy environment, peaceful destination, flora and fauna attract every visitor. I love visiting this place frequently.
50 Jaya ~ Nov 2, 2011 at 3:13 am
I am proud to be uttrakhandi ..and i luv my place and i want to be here always.
51 sanju ~ Nov 11, 2011 at 5:44 am
lansdowne is a beautiful hill station i did my 10 & 12 from GGIC with vineeta negi laxmi rawat alpnna chauhan suneeta thapliyal in the year 1981 1983 i want to meet all my classmates of GGIC
52 prakash ~ Nov 11, 2011 at 9:45 pm
lansdowne is no far from my village
it is only nearabout 22 km we dailay seen to lansdowne from my home. it is really a nice tourist place. it is popular & beauty because here ia army cantonment as you know very well disiplane of army alway unique..
prakash dobriyal
53 S S RAWAT ~ Nov 12, 2011 at 8:07 am
I have served in MES at Lansdowne during 2003 to 2004 & I feel peace enviornment, calmness, mentally & physically relax at Lansdowne, This is the beautiful place in India.
54 Pushpa Rawat ~ Nov 18, 2011 at 4:10 am
Lansdowne is such a beautifull hill station.I wish to visit there.
55 Deepender Singh Rawat ~ Dec 8, 2011 at 1:25 am
Uttaranchal is the place where you can forget your bad days,your difficulties your problems because its a heaven so its my humble request to all please come to our garhwal and have full masti through our rivers,hills and peoples. i love to make a part of gharwal and its a proud time for me and all gharwali’s.
56 mustkeemahamad ~ Dec 29, 2011 at 5:58 am
uttaranchal very very good state.
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