Mattupetty Dam
A concrete dam in the Kannan Devan hills above Munnar, holding water for power.
- Where
- Idukki, Keralam, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 10.1064, 77.1239
Get the Mattupetty Dam stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Mattupetty Dam. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Keralam volume with your photos and a note.
Near Mattupetty Dam
Devikulam 5.3 km
A small hill station eight kilometres from Munnar, at eighteen hundred metres.
Munnar 7.3 km
Tea planted across the Kannan Devan hills from the 1880s, and the country the neelakurinji flowers over once in twelve years.
Mathikettan Shola National Park 8.2 km
A small shola forest in Idukki whose name means the forest that confuses the mind.
Meesapulimala 8.8 km
The second highest peak in the Western Ghats at 2,640 metres, reached on foot through rhododendron and grassland from Munnar.
Anamudi 9.2 km
The highest peak in India south of the Himalaya at two thousand six hundred and ninety five metres, inside Eravikulam.
Kolukkumalai 11 km
The highest tea estate in the world at 2,400 metres, reached by jeep from Munnar over a road that is mostly rock.
Eravikulam National Park 11 km
High rolling grassland above the tea, where the Nilgiri tahr is tame enough to walk past.
Kanthalloor 14 km
A village of apple, orange and strawberry orchards on the dry side of the Ghats, where Kerala grows fruit it cannot grow anywhere else.
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Questions
Where is Mattupetty Dam?
Mattupetty Dam is in Idukki, Keralam. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Devikulam (5.3 km), Munnar (7.3 km), Mathikettan Shola National Park (8.2 km).
How do I get the Mattupetty Dam stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Mattupetty Dam and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Keralam volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Mattupetty Dam before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Keralam volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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