Jam Gadang
A clock tower in the centre of Bukittinggi, by the main market of Pasar Ateh, with a large clock on each of its four faces. Built under Dutch rule, it now wears a horned Minangkabau roof, and its name simply means big clock.
- Where
- Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, Indonesia
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- -0.3052, 100.3696
Get the Jam Gadang stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Jam Gadang. 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 West Sumatra volume with your photos and a note.
Near Jam Gadang
Lake Maninjau 19 km
A caldera lake 36 kilometres west of Bukittinggi, ringed by steep green walls. The road down to its shore twists through 44 numbered hairpin bends, the Kelok 44.
Pagaruyung Palace 34 km
The palace of the former Pagaruyung Kingdom near Batusangkar, built as a Minangkabau rumah gadang with sweeping horn-shaped roofs. It is unusually large for its kind and rises three storeys; the present building is a reconstruction.
Ombilin Coal Mine 61 km
The oldest coal mining site in Southeast Asia, in a narrow valley of the Bukit Barisan mountains near Sawahlunto. Coal was found here in the mid-19th century and mining began in 1876; the mine and its colonial town are now a World Heritage Site.
Muara Takus 77 km
A Buddhist temple complex in Kampar, Riau, thought to belong to the Srivijaya empire and dated to the 11th and 12th centuries. It is one of the largest and best preserved ancient temple sites in Sumatra.
Mount Kerinci 184 km
The highest mountain in Sumatra and an active volcano, rising to 3,805 metres. Its slopes are covered by the forest of Kerinci Seblat National Park, home to the Sumatran tiger, with tea plantations spread around its foot.
Mentawai Islands 224 km
A chain of about a hundred islands some 150 kilometres off the west coast of Sumatra, the largest being Siberut. Surfers come for its reef breaks, and the Mentawai people are known for their full-body tattoos and longhouses in the forest.
Nias 344 km
An island off the west coast of Sumatra, centre of an archipelago that includes the Batu and Hinako islands. It is famous for stone jumping, where young men leap over a tall stone pillar, and for the surf at Sorake Bay.
Tanjung Tuan 344 km
A forested headland the Portuguese called Cape Rachado, the broken cape, a piece of Malacca that juts out beside Port Dickson in Negeri Sembilan. An old lighthouse stands at its tip above the Strait of Malacca.
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Questions
Where is Jam Gadang?
Jam Gadang is in Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, Indonesia. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Lake Maninjau (19 km), Pagaruyung Palace (34 km), Ombilin Coal Mine (61 km).
How do I get the Jam Gadang stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Jam Gadang and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your West Sumatra volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Jam Gadang before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your West Sumatra volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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