Sion Hillock Fort
A British fort of the 1670s on a hill that was once the boundary of the island.
- Where
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Grade
- National monument
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 5 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 19.0467, 72.8677
Get the Sion Hillock Fort stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Sion Hillock Fort. 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 Maharashtra volume with your photos and a note.
Near Sion Hillock Fort
Asiatic Society Steps 0.9 km
Thirty Doric columns in the middle of the fort.
Mahim Fort 3.2 km
A Portuguese fort at the mouth of Mahim creek, ruined and built into.
Rajgruha 3.5 km
Ambedkar's house at Dadar, built for his library of fifty thousand books.
Chaitya Bhoomi 4.3 km
Where Ambedkar was cremated in 1956, and where lakhs come on the sixth of December.
Bandra Bandstand 4.4 km
The fort, the sea wall and the queue outside Mannat.
Mount Mary Church 4.8 km
The basilica above Bandra, with a fair in September and a statue found in the sea.
Siddhivinayak Temple 5.2 km
Built in 1801 by a woman who had no children of her own, so that others might, and now queued round the block.
Castella de Aguada 5.2 km
The Portuguese watchtower at Bandra, 1640, and the reason the suburb has a fort road.
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Questions
Where is Sion Hillock Fort?
Sion Hillock Fort is in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Asiatic Society Steps (0.9 km), Mahim Fort (3.2 km), Rajgruha (3.5 km).
How do I get the Sion Hillock Fort stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Sion Hillock Fort and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Maharashtra volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Sion Hillock Fort before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Maharashtra volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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