Doddabetta
The highest point in the Nilgiris.
- Where
- Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 11.4024, 76.7367
Get the Doddabetta stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Doddabetta. 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 Tamil Nadu volume with your photos and a note.
Near Doddabetta
Government Botanical Garden 3.3 km
Twenty two hectares laid out at Ooty in 1848, on the lower slopes above the town.
Pykara Falls 3.8 km
The shola, the lake and the boat.
Ooty 4.7 km
The Nilgiri hill station at twenty two hundred metres, reached by a rack railway that has run since 1908.
Nilgiri Mountain Railway 8.8 km
The steepest rack railway in Asia, climbing from three hundred to twenty two hundred metres in forty six kilometres.
Coonoor 9.0 km
The quieter Nilgiri station below Ooty, where the toy train stops for tea and Sim's Park has grown trees since 1874.
Kotagiri 14 km
The oldest of the three Nilgiri hill stations, quieter than both the others, with tea to the horizon and Catherine Falls below.
Pykara 16 km
A river the Todas hold sacred, rising at Mukurthi peak above Ooty.
Masinagudi 21 km
A village in the elephant corridor between Mudumalai and Bandipur, where the animals cross the road at dusk.
More famous places to visit in Tamil Nadu
Questions
Where is Doddabetta?
Doddabetta is in Ooty, Tamil Nadu. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Government Botanical Garden (3.3 km), Pykara Falls (3.8 km), Ooty (4.7 km).
How do I get the Doddabetta stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Doddabetta and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Tamil Nadu volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Doddabetta before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Tamil Nadu volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
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