Bhimtal
Bigger than Naini, with an island in it.
- Where
- Nainital, Uttarakhand, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 29.3444, 79.5631
Get the Bhimtal stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Bhimtal. 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 Uttarakhand volume with your photos and a note.
Near Bhimtal
Sattal 3.0 km
Seven lakes joined, and birds all winter.
Kainchi Dham 10.0 km
Neem Karoli Baba's ashram on a hairpin bend near Bhowali, visited by people who then built things.
Naini Lake 11 km
A pear shaped lake in a bowl of hills, and the reason the town exists at all.
Nainital 12 km
A lake in a bowl of seven hills, found by a sugar trader in 1841 and a summer capital within twenty years.
Mukteshwar 16 km
Chauli ki Jali, and a drop to the valley.
Almora 32 km
A Chand kingdom capital on a horseshoe ridge, with a bazaar of carved wooden fronts and a view of Nanda Devi on a clear day.
Ranikhet 35 km
Cantonment, golf course and no noise.
Kasar Devi 36 km
A ridge temple where Vivekananda meditated in 1890 and, seventy years later, half the counterculture followed him.
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Questions
Where is Bhimtal?
Bhimtal is in Nainital, Uttarakhand. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Sattal (3.0 km), Kainchi Dham (10.0 km), Naini Lake (11 km).
How do I get the Bhimtal stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Bhimtal and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Uttarakhand volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Bhimtal before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Uttarakhand volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
LOQAH is free on iPhone and Android, in India and 20 more countries, with more countries on the way. Stand at a place, collect its stamp, and keep every trip in a passport that grows.