Place guides

Where in Uttarakhand should you buy?

Altitude decides your winters, the district decides what you can legally buy, and the road decides whether you'll actually visit. Start here.

Garhwal

Western Uttarakhand · nearer Delhi via Dehradun

Rishikesh

Dehradun district

372 m

Ganga-side living, yoga retreats and homestays

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Dehradun

Dehradun district

640 m

The capital: schools, hospitals and valley views

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Mussoorie

Dehradun district

2,005 m

Heritage cottages above the Doon valley

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Plains district rules

Haridwar

Haridwar district

314 m

Plains district with more room for land purchases

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Narendra Nagar

Tehri Garhwal district

1,130 m

Cool ridge above Rishikesh, 30 minutes up

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Dhanaulti

Tehri Garhwal district

2,286 m

Deodar forests and apple orchards

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Lansdowne

Pauri Garhwal district

1,706 m

Quiet cantonment town among oak and pine

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Pauri

Pauri Garhwal district

1,650 m

District headquarters with a front-row Himalayan view

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Srinagar (Garhwal)

Pauri Garhwal district

560 m

University town on the Alaknanda, warm in winter

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Khirsu

Pauri Garhwal district

1,700 m

Oak forest, apple orchards and almost no traffic

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Kotdwar

Pauri Garhwal district

390 m

The railhead where Garhwal begins

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Satpuli

Pauri Garhwal district

700 m

Riverside halt on the Kotdwar–Pauri road

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Kumaon

Eastern Uttarakhand · via Kathgodam

Nainital

Nainital district

2,084 m

The lake town of Kumaon

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Bhimtal

Nainital district

1,370 m

Bigger lake, calmer pace

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Mukteshwar

Nainital district

2,171 m

Orchards facing the high Himalaya

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Almora

Almora district

1,642 m

Cultural heart of Kumaon

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Kausani

Bageshwar district

1,890 m

Sunrise over Trishul and Nanda Devi

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Ranikhet

Almora district

1,869 m

Army town with pine forests and golf

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