page_title: Hill station
section_title: India
hierarchical_section_title: Hill station / List of hill stations / Asia / India
caption_attribution_description: English: The image depicts a beautiful sun rising scene beyond the trees and hills in the picturesque hill station of Munnar.
context_page_description: A hill station is a town located at a higher elevation than the nearby plain or valley. The term was used mostly in colonial Asia, but also in Africa, for towns founded by European colonial rulers as refuges from the summer heat, up where temperatures are cooler. In the Indian context, most hill stations are at an altitude of approximately 1,000 to 2,500 metres; very few are outside this range.
context_section_description: Hundreds of hill stations are located in India. The most popular hill stations include:
  Achabal, Jammu and Kashmir
  Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh
  Ambanad Hills, Kerala
  Amboli, Maharashtra
  Almora, Uttarakhand
  Araku Valley, Andhra Pradesh
  Aritar, Sikkim
  Aru, Jammu and Kashmir
  Askot, Uttarakhand
  Auli, Uttarakhand
  Baba Budan giri, Karnataka
  Badrinath, Uttarakhand
  Baltal, Jammu and Kashmir
  Barog, Himachal Pradesh
  Berinag, Uttarakhand
  Bhaderwah, Jammu and Kashmir
  Bhowali, Uttarakhand
  Chail, Himachal Pradesh
  Chakrata, Uttarakhand
  Chamba, Himachal Pradesh
  Champhai, Mizoram
  Chaukori, Uttarakhand
  Cherrapunjee, Meghalaya
  Chikhaldara, Maharashtra
  Chitkul, Himachal Pradesh
  Coonoor, Tamil Nadu
  Daksum, Jammu and Kashmir
  Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh
  Daringbadi, Odisha
  Darjeeling, West Bengal
  Dawki, Meghalaya
  Diskit, Ladakh
  Doodhpathri, Jammu and Kashmir
  Dhanaulti, Uttarakhand
  Dharamkot, Himachal Pradesh
  Dharchula, Uttarakhand
  Dras, Ladakh
  Dzuluk, Sikkim
  Dzüko Valley, Nagaland and Manipur
  Gairsain, Uttarakhand
  Gangtok, Sikkim
  Ghum, West Bengal
  Gulmarg, Jammu and Kashmir
  Geyzing, Sikkim
  Haflong, Assam
  Hemkund Sahib, Uttarakhand
  Hmuifang, Mizoram
  Kalpa, Himachal Pradesh
  Jogindernagar, Himachal Pradesh
  Jogimatti, Karnataka
  Joshimath, Uttarakhand
  Kalimpong, West Bengal
  Katra, Jammu and Kashmir
  Kangra, Himachal Pradesh
  Kargil, Ladakh
  Karzok, Ladakh
  Kedarnath, Uttarakhand
  Keylong, Himachal Pradesh
  Khajjiar, Himachal Pradesh
  Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu
  Kohima, Nagaland
  Kokernag, Jammu and Kashmir
  Khandala, Maharashtra
  Kufri, Himachal Pradesh
  Kullu, Himachal Pradesh
  Kurseong, West Bengal
  Lachen, Sikkim
  Lachung, Sikkim
  Lansdowne, Uttarakhand
  Lava, West Bengal
  Leh, Ladakh
  Lonavala, Maharashtra
  Lolegaon, West Bengal
  Lunglei, Mizoram
  Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra
  Matheran, Maharashtra
  Manali, Himachal Pradesh
  Mawsynram, Meghalaya
  McLeod Ganj, Himachal Pradesh
  Meghamalai, Tamil Nadu
  Mirik, West Bengal
  Mount Abu, Rajasthan
  Murgo, Ladakh
  Munnar, Kerala
  Munsiyari, Uttarakhand
  Mussoorie, Uttarakhand
  Nainital, Uttarakhand
  Narkanda, Himachal Pradesh
  New Tehri, Uttarakhand
  Ooty(Udhagamandalam), Tamil Nadu
  Pachmarhi, Madhya Pradesh
  Palampur, Himachal Pradesh
  Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir
  Patnitop, Jammu and Kashmir
  Pauri, Uttarakhand
  Pelling, Sikkim
  Pfutsero, Nagaland
  Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand
  Ramgarh, Uttarakhand
  Ranikhet, Uttarakhand
  Reckong Peo, Himachal Pradesh
  Reiek, Mizoram
  Rishyap, West Bengal
  Samsing, West Bengal
  Saputara, Gujarat
  Shillong, Meghalaya
  Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
  Sonamarg, Jammu and Kashmir
  Soordelu Hill Station, Kerala
  Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh
  Thekkady, Kerala
  Triund, Himachal Pradesh
  Tosa Maidan, Jammu and Kashmir
  Turtuk, Ladakh
  Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand
  Vagamon, Kerala
  Verinag, Jammu and Kashmir
  Wilson Hills, Gujarat
  Yusmarg, Jammu and Kashmir
  Yuksom, Sikkim
  Yumthang, Sikkim
caption: A beautiful sunrise scene at Munnar.
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