Sattal
Seven lakes joined, and birds all winter.
- Where
- Nainital, Uttarakhand, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 29.3481, 79.5319
Get the Sattal stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Sattal. 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 Sattal
Bhimtal 3.0 km
Bigger than Naini, with an island in it.
Naini Lake 8.2 km
A pear shaped lake in a bowl of hills, and the reason the town exists at all.
Kainchi Dham 8.5 km
Neem Karoli Baba's ashram on a hairpin bend near Bhowali, visited by people who then built things.
Nainital 9.0 km
A lake in a bowl of seven hills, found by a sugar trader in 1841 and a summer capital within twenty years.
Mukteshwar 18 km
Chauli ki Jali, and a drop to the valley.
Almora 33 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 34 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 Sattal?
Sattal is in Nainital, Uttarakhand. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Bhimtal (3.0 km), Naini Lake (8.2 km), Kainchi Dham (8.5 km).
How do I get the Sattal stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Sattal 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 Sattal 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.