Phu Kradueng
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.
- Where
- Loei, Thailand
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 16.8897, 101.7453
Get the Phu Kradueng stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Phu Kradueng. 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 Loei volume with your photos and a note.
Near Phu Kradueng
Phu Wiang Dinosaur Museum 60 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.
Erawan Cave 64 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.
Phu Thap Boek 70 km
A 1,794 metre mountain in Phetchabun's Lom Kao district, near the border with Loei. Hmong farmers grow cabbages on its steep slopes, and on cool mornings the fields look out over a sea of cloud.
Phu Ruea 77 km
A 1,365 metre peak in Loei whose name means boat mountain: from some angles it looks like an upturned hull. It rises in the Phetchabun range north of the highway between Loei town and Phetchabun, and its cool heights draw Thai visitors in the winter months.
Khao Kho 86 km
A 1,143 metre mountain in the western Phetchabun range, in the district that shares its name. Its cool, rolling heights are dotted with viewpoints and resorts, and at dawn the valleys below often fill with mist.
Chiang Khan 112 km
A quiet town on the Mekong in northern Loei, with Laos on the far bank. Its long riverside street of old wooden shophouses fills with walkers in the evening, and at dawn the monks come through on their alms round.
Phu Phra Bat Historical Park 114 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.
Phra Mahathat Kaen Nakhon 128 km
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.
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Questions
Where is Phu Kradueng?
Phu Kradueng is in Loei, Thailand. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Phu Wiang Dinosaur Museum (60 km), Erawan Cave (64 km), Phu Thap Boek (70 km).
How do I get the Phu Kradueng stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Phu Kradueng and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Loei volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Phu Kradueng before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Loei volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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