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Hill stations, treks, temples and yatras, with checked facts for every month.
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Hill stationMussoorie
DehradunQueen of the Hills above the Doon Valley
Updated 11 Oct 2026
TownDehradun
DehradunCapital city in the green Doon Valley
Updated 11 Oct 2026
Hill stationDhanaulti
Tehri GarhwalQuiet forest hill station with winter snow
Updated 11 Oct 2026
TownRishikesh
DehradunGanga aarti, ashrams and white-water rafting
Updated 11 Oct 2026
Hill stationAuli
ChamoliSnow slopes and summer meadows facing Nanda Devi
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ChamoliGarhwal
A high Himalayan district of Garhwal with Badrinath, the Valley of Flowers, Hemkund Sahib, Auli and the Nanda Devi sanctuary.
DehradunGarhwal
Uttarakhand's winter capital in the Doon valley, between the Shivalik hills and the Himalaya. The district also takes in Mussoorie, Rishikesh and the Chakrata hills.
Tehri GarhwalGarhwal
Hills around the Tehri dam lake, with Dhanaulti, Kanatal and the Surkanda Devi temple.
Uttarakhand at a glance
A Himalayan state in north India, formed in 2000. Its two regions, Garhwal and Kumaon, hold the sources of the Ganga and Yamuna, the Char Dham shrines and some of India's best-known treks.
- Formed
- 9 November 2000
- Capital
- Dehradun (winter), Gairsain (summer)
- Districts
- 13, in Garhwal and Kumaon
- Highest peak
- Nanda Devi, 7,816 m
- Char Dham
- Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath, Badrinath
- UNESCO site
- Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks
- Languages
- Hindi, Sanskrit, Garhwali, Kumaoni
- Main airports
- Jolly Grant (Dehradun), Pantnagar













