Nilgiri Mountain Railway
The steepest rack railway in Asia, climbing from three hundred to twenty two hundred metres in forty six kilometres.
- Where
- Coonoor, Tamil Nadu, India
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 11.3443, 76.7919
Get the Nilgiri Mountain Railway stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Nilgiri Mountain Railway. 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 Nilgiri Mountain Railway
Coonoor 0.3 km
The quieter Nilgiri station below Ooty, where the toy train stops for tea and Sim's Park has grown trees since 1874.
Doddabetta 8.8 km
The highest point in the Nilgiris.
Kotagiri 11 km
The oldest of the three Nilgiri hill stations, quieter than both the others, with tea to the horizon and Catherine Falls below.
Government Botanical Garden 12 km
Twenty two hectares laid out at Ooty in 1848, on the lower slopes above the town.
Pykara Falls 12 km
The shola, the lake and the boat.
Ooty 13 km
The Nilgiri hill station at twenty two hundred metres, reached by a rack railway that has run since 1908.
Pykara 25 km
A river the Todas hold sacred, rising at Mukurthi peak above Ooty.
Masinagudi 30 km
A village in the elephant corridor between Mudumalai and Bandipur, where the animals cross the road at dusk.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Tamil Nadu
Questions
Where is Nilgiri Mountain Railway?
Nilgiri Mountain Railway is in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Coonoor (0.3 km), Doddabetta (8.8 km), Kotagiri (11 km).
How do I get the Nilgiri Mountain Railway stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Nilgiri Mountain Railway 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 Nilgiri Mountain Railway 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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