Chopta
The meadow they call mini Switzerland, and mean it.
- Where
- Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 30.3462, 79.0485
Get the Chopta stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Chopta. 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 Chopta
Rudraprayag 9.3 km
Where the Alaknanda meets the Mandakini, and the road forks for Kedarnath one way and Badrinath the other.
Tungnath 16 km
The highest Shiva temple in the world.
Dhari Devi 19 km
The upper half of a goddess on the Alaknanda, moved for a dam in 2013, and the floods came that June.
Deoria Tal 21 km
A lake above Sari with Chaukhamba reflected in it on a still morning.
Chandrashila 23 km
An hour above Tungnath, and the whole Garhwal range.
Gopinath Mandir, Gopeshwar 27 km
A twelfth century temple in Chamoli with an iron trident in the courtyard nobody can bend.
Gaurikund 34 km
The hot spring where the walk to Kedarnath begins, and where Parvati is said to have waited.
Rudranath 34 km
The face of Shiva among the five Kedars, reached only on foot through rhododendron.
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Questions
Where is Chopta?
Chopta is in Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Rudraprayag (9.3 km), Tungnath (16 km), Dhari Devi (19 km).
How do I get the Chopta stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Chopta 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 Chopta 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.