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.
12 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
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