Kudremukh National Park
Shola grassland and rainforest named for a peak shaped like a horse's face, one of the wettest places in the Western Ghats.
- Where
- Karkala, Karnataka, India
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 13.1300, 75.2500
Get the Kudremukh National Park stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Kudremukh National Park. 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 Karnataka volume with your photos and a note.
Near Kudremukh National Park
Kalasa 16 km
A temple town on the Bhadra at the foot of the Kudremukh range, where the road to Horanadu turns off through coffee.
Annapoorneshwari Temple 18 km
Annapoorneshwari, the goddess who feeds the world, in the hills above the Bhadra river in Chikmagalur district. The temple serves a meal to every pilgrim who arrives, and the goddess stands in gold holding a ladle and a pot of grain.
Charmadi Ghat 19 km
A ghat road of nearly thirty hairpins between Chikkamagaluru and Dakshina Kannada.
Dharmasthala 23 km
Run by Jains, for a Shaivite deity, with Vaishnav priests.
Moodabidri 30 km
Eighteen Jain basadis in one town, the thousand-pillar one carved so that no two pillars match.
St Lawrence Shrine, Attur 31 km
A basilica near Karkala with a nine day feast in January that fills the fields.
Ettina Bhuja 38 km
A peak in the Chikkamagaluru ghats, an easy walk up for the last two kilometres.
Agumbe 45 km
The wettest place in south India, king cobra country, and where the rainforest research station sits.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Karnataka
Questions
Where is Kudremukh National Park?
Kudremukh National Park is in Karkala, Karnataka. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Kalasa (16 km), Annapoorneshwari Temple (18 km), Charmadi Ghat (19 km).
How do I get the Kudremukh National Park stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Kudremukh National Park and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Karnataka volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Kudremukh National Park before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Karnataka volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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