Phra Mahathat Kaen Nakhon
A nine-storey stupa at Wat Nong Waeng in Khon Kaen's old town, 80 metres tall on a square base 50 metres to a side. It was raised for King Bhumibol's Golden Jubilee and the province's 200th year, modelled on the Isan form of Phra That Kham Kaen.
- Where
- Khon Kaen, Khon Kaen, Thailand
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 16.4081, 102.8342
Get the Phra Mahathat Kaen Nakhon stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Phra Mahathat Kaen Nakhon. 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 Khon Kaen volume with your photos and a note.
Near Phra Mahathat Kaen Nakhon
Phu Wiang Dinosaur Museum 67 km
A geological museum in the hills of Khon Kaen province given over mainly to fossils, run by the Department of Mineral Resources. Its grounds cover some 16 hectares in Wiang Kao district, and it has been open to the public since 2009.
Sirindhorn Museum 80 km
A geology museum at Non Buri in Kalasin's Sahatsakhan district, given over to the dinosaurs whose fossils have been dug from the hills here. Skeletons, casts and models tell the story of the creatures that once lived in what is now Isan.
Phu Kradueng 128 km
A flat-topped mountain in Loei rising to 1,316 metres, part of the Phetchabun range that divides the North from Isan. The long climb to its plateau is a classic Thai hike, and the top opens out into pine woods, meadows and cliff edges facing the sunrise.
Erawan Cave 136 km
A cave high in a limestone hill in Nong Bua Lamphu, reached by a long stairway from the road. A large white Buddha sits at the entrance looking out over the rice fields, and the chambers behind run deep into the rock.
Phimai Historical Park 137 km
The ancient town of Phimai and its great sandstone sanctuary, Prasat Phimai, the largest ancient Mahayana Buddhist temple in Thailand. Its pale sandstone towers and galleries are among the finest Khmer architecture outside Cambodia, and the park has been open since 1989.
Ban Chiang Archaeological Site 139 km
A village in the Udon Thani countryside where digs from 1966 onwards turned up red-painted pottery, bronze made on the spot and more than a hundred burials. The finds have been studied for clues to the farming, diet and health of the people who lived here, and the site has been on the UNESCO World Heritage list since 1992.
Phu Phra Bat Historical Park 156 km
A wooded hillside in Udon Thani scattered with strange sandstone formations, pillars, overhangs and balanced boulders, around which religious shrines were built. Some of the rock shelters still carry prehistoric paintings, and a trail links them through the forest.
Sala Kaew Ku 165 km
A park of giant concrete figures drawn from Buddhism and Hinduism, close to the Mekong and the Lao border at Nong Khai. It was begun in 1978 by Luang Pu Bunleua Sulilat and his followers, who had already made the Buddha Park across the river in Laos, and here the visions grew larger and wilder still.
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Questions
Where is Phra Mahathat Kaen Nakhon?
Phra Mahathat Kaen Nakhon is in Khon Kaen, Khon Kaen, Thailand. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Phu Wiang Dinosaur Museum (67 km), Sirindhorn Museum (80 km), Phu Kradueng (128 km).
How do I get the Phra Mahathat Kaen Nakhon stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Phra Mahathat Kaen Nakhon and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Khon Kaen volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Phra Mahathat Kaen Nakhon before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Khon Kaen volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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