Mukurthi National Park
Grassland and shola at the top of the Nilgiris, kept for the Nilgiri tahr.
- Where
- Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 11.2667, 76.4750
Get the Mukurthi National Park stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Mukurthi National Park. 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 Mukurthi National Park
Silent Valley National Park 15 km
Undisturbed tropical rainforest saved from a dam in 1980 by one of India's first environmental campaigns.
Pykara 25 km
A river the Todas hold sacred, rising at Mukurthi peak above Ooty.
Ooty 29 km
The Nilgiri hill station at twenty two hundred metres, reached by a rack railway that has run since 1908.
Pykara Falls 30 km
The shola, the lake and the boat.
Government Botanical Garden 31 km
Twenty two hectares laid out at Ooty in 1848, on the lower slopes above the town.
Doddabetta 32 km
The highest point in the Nilgiris.
Nilgiri Mountain Railway 36 km
The steepest rack railway in Asia, climbing from three hundred to twenty two hundred metres in forty six kilometres.
Coonoor 36 km
The quieter Nilgiri station below Ooty, where the toy train stops for tea and Sim's Park has grown trees since 1874.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Tamil Nadu
Questions
Where is Mukurthi National Park?
Mukurthi National Park is in Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Silent Valley National Park (15 km), Pykara (25 km), Ooty (29 km).
How do I get the Mukurthi National Park stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Mukurthi National Park 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 Mukurthi National Park 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.
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