Champawat
The first Chand capital of Kumaon, with a Baleshwar temple older than the town, and the tiger Corbett shot in 1907.
- Where
- Uttarakhand, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 29.3300, 80.1000
Get the Champawat stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Champawat. 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 Uttarakhand volume with your photos and a note.
Near Champawat
Pithoragarh 31 km
Called little Kashmir for the valley it sits in, and the last town on the old trade route to Tibet.
Jageshwar Temples 42 km
A hundred and twenty four temples in a deodar grove.
Mukteshwar 47 km
Chauli ki Jali, and a drop to the valley.
Bhimtal 52 km
Bigger than Naini, with an island in it.
Almora 53 km
A Chand kingdom capital on a horseshoe ridge, with a bazaar of carved wooden fronts and a view of Nanda Devi on a clear day.
Sattal 55 km
Seven lakes joined, and birds all winter.
Kasar Devi 55 km
A ridge temple where Vivekananda meditated in 1890 and, seventy years later, half the counterculture followed him.
Shuklaphanta National Park 56 km
Open grassland, forest, riverbed and wetland covering 305 square kilometres in Nepal's far-western Terai, bounded by the Mahakali river. Its wide phanta meadows are home to herds of swamp deer, and a corridor links it to the Sivalik Hills.
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Questions
Where is Champawat?
Champawat is in Uttarakhand. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Pithoragarh (31 km), Jageshwar Temples (42 km), Mukteshwar (47 km).
How do I get the Champawat stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Champawat and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Uttarakhand volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Champawat before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Uttarakhand volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
LOQAH is free on iPhone and Android, in India and 20 more countries, with more countries on the way. Stand at a place, collect its stamp, and keep every trip in a passport that grows.