Barog
A hill station on the Kalka to Shimla railway, sixty kilometres above Chandigarh.
- Where
- Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India
- Grade
- Hard to reach
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 15 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 30.8900, 77.0820
Get the Barog stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Barog. 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 Himachal Pradesh volume with your photos and a note.
Near Barog
Chail 14 km
Built by a Maharaja of Patiala after Shimla threw him out, with the highest cricket ground in the world at 2,444 metres.
Cactus Garden 19 km
The largest outdoor cactus garden in Asia, with over three thousand five hundred species of Indian succulent.
Bhima Devi Temple Site 19 km
Ninth century sculpture in the Khajuraho manner, found in pieces and reassembled in a small museum garden.
Pinjore Gardens 20 km
A seventeenth century Mughal terraced garden in the Shivaliks, laid out in seven levels on a natural slope.
Morni Hills 22 km
The only hill station in Haryana, twin lakes in the Shivaliks that local belief holds are joined underground.
Rashtrapati Niwas 24 km
The Viceroy's lodge on Observatory Hill, where the decision to partition India was taken in 1945, and a scholars' institute since 1965.
Kalka Shimla Railway 25 km
Ninety six kilometres, one hundred and two tunnels and eight hundred and sixty four bridges, built in narrow gauge in 1903.
Naldehra 25 km
A golf course Lord Curzon laid out himself.
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Questions
Where is Barog?
Barog is in Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Chail (14 km), Cactus Garden (19 km), Bhima Devi Temple Site (19 km).
How do I get the Barog stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Barog and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Himachal Pradesh volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Barog before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Himachal Pradesh volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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