Nako Lake
A village around a lake at four thousand metres.
- Where
- Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh, India
- Grade
- Hard to reach
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 15 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 31.8797, 78.6279
Get the Nako Lake stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Nako Lake. 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 Nako Lake
Reo Purgyil 10 km
The highest peak in Himachal Pradesh that anybody is allowed to climb, on the Tibet border.
Shipki La 13 km
The Sutlej's way into India, and a border post opened for trade a few days a year.
Manirang 26 km
A peak on the Spiti-Kinnaur divide, with a pass of the same name beneath it.
Kinnaur Kailash 43 km
A six thousand metre peak with a rock shaft near the summit that Shaivites walk forty kilometres to circle.
Dhankar Monastery 45 km
Built on a spur of crumbling rock above the Spiti.
Kalpa 53 km
At twenty eight hundred metres facing Kinner Kailash, with apple and chilgoza pine on the same slope.
Chitkul 61 km
The last inhabited village on the old Hindustan Tibet road, at thirty four hundred metres on the Baspa.
Sangla Valley 64 km
Apple orchards under Kinner Kailash.
More offbeat places in Himachal Pradesh
Questions
Where is Nako Lake?
Nako Lake is in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Reo Purgyil (10 km), Shipki La (13 km), Manirang (26 km).
How do I get the Nako Lake stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Nako Lake 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 Nako Lake 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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