Ranikhet
Cantonment, golf course and no noise.
- Where
- Almora, Uttarakhand, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 29.6431, 79.4333
Get the Ranikhet stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Ranikhet. 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 Ranikhet
Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary 9.3 km
Three hundred kilometres of Himalaya from Zero Point.
Kasar Devi 23 km
A ridge temple where Vivekananda meditated in 1890 and, seventy years later, half the counterculture followed him.
Almora 23 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.
Kainchi Dham 26 km
Neem Karoli Baba's ashram on a hairpin bend near Bhowali, visited by people who then built things.
Kausani 28 km
Gandhi called it the Switzerland of India, from the ashram.
Nainital 28 km
A lake in a bowl of seven hills, found by a sugar trader in 1841 and a summer capital within twenty years.
Mukteshwar 28 km
Chauli ki Jali, and a drop to the valley.
Naini Lake 29 km
A pear shaped lake in a bowl of hills, and the reason the town exists at all.
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Questions
Where is Ranikhet?
Ranikhet is in Almora, Uttarakhand. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary (9.3 km), Kasar Devi (23 km), Almora (23 km).
How do I get the Ranikhet stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Ranikhet 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 Ranikhet 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.