MUSSOORIE is a famous hill station in India. It is located at a distance of 30km from the state capital Dehradun of Uttrakhand. It is one of such places where you want to visit again & again. It comes in the Himalayas parvatmala shivalik region. Mussoorie is also known popularly as "Queen of hill's". Landour,barloganj and jaddipani are all region's of Mussoorie. It is located at a height above sea level of around 2005 metre's that means 6600 ft.
2-Gun hill:
Being at an average altitute of 1,880 metre's Mussoorie with it's green hill's and varried flora & fauna is a fascinating hill station.
The town is like a fairyland to the tourist's.The highest point in Mussoorie is lal tibba which is located in landour region.
Mussoorie was founded by late lt Frederick Young of East India Company in 1825 and he came here for the purpose of bagging some game.. Young was so pleased by the beauty that he decided to build a hunting lodge in the camel's back road of Mussoorie. The Britisher's in 1827 made a Sanitorium here in Mussoorie which is now called as Landour cannt. General George Everest also made his home here and where he used to live has know became a famous tourist place and is known as George Everest peak. From year 1832 to 1901 the population marked here was 6461 and it used to go upto 15000 in the summers. The Town was named as Mussoorie due to the plant "Mansor" as it used to grow in huge number in the hill town.
George Everest peak
A clip of History of Mussoorie:
The Advantage of Mussoorie is it's beautifull,majestic mall road which earlier used to go from Picture place to Public Library. Earlier during the British period there were rule's to rome and hangout in the mall road.Nehru family was there in Mussoorie for a short time. In the year 1920-1940 Motilal Nehru,Jawaharlal Nehru,Kamla Nehru,Indira Gandhi and Rajeev Gandhi they visited Mussoorie alot of time's. In Mussoorie Jawaharlal Nehru sister Vijaylaxmi Pandit was there. Mussoorie also has a deep relation with the Buddhist religion and the happy valley area of Mussoorie is full of them. In the year 2011 the population of Mussoorie was marked 30,118.
Famous places in Mussoorie:
Well there are a lot of places in Mussoorie to visit..........
1-Municipal Garden also known as Company Garden:
2-Gun hill:
3-Camel back road:
4-Jadhipani Mussoorie:
5-Bhatta Fall:
6-Kempty Fall:
It is around 16 km from Mussoorie and is a Tourist place.
7-Nag Devta mandir:
8-Lal Bahadur Shastari Academy:
9-Cloud End :
10-Sister Bazar:
and some places are library road,Tehri road & white house.
Trekking places near Mussorrie:
Mussoorie - Nagtibba(62 km), Mussoorie - Bhadraj(15 km), Mussoorie - Dhanolti(26 km), Mussoorie - Benog hill(12 km), Rajpur - Mussoorie(8 km)
** Places near Mussoorie to visit:
1-Yamuna bridge
2-Dhanolti
3-Surkhanda Devi
4-Chamba
5-Purani Tehri Jheel&Bandh
6-lakamandal
night view of mussoorie from dehradun
View of Mussoorie daytime from dehradun
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