About Mussoorie
Places to visit in Mussoorie
Set at a height of 2550 meters above sea level, Mussoorie is a popular hill station located in the Garhwal Hills of the lower Himalayas. It is about 34 (38) km from Dehradun city in Dehradun district of Uttarakhand state.
Its closeness to major Hindu pilgrimage sites like Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri, Yamunotri, Haridwar, Rishikesh etc make Mussoorie a popular destination for the tourists. Its pleasant climate throughout the year and closeness to the Capital Delhi also adds to the attraction of the place.Mussoorie got its name from the Mansur shrub (Cororiana nepalensis), common in the Himalayan foothills. It offers fabulous views of the Himalayan ranges to the north east.
This beautiful hill station was a discovery of an Adventurous British military Captain Young in 1827. Later this place developed as a centre of education, business, tourism and beauty. Mussoorie now has some of the best academic and training institutions like the Indian Administrative Services (IAS), Indo-Tibetan Border Police Academy, the Defense Institute of Work Studies, Indian Police Services (IPS) etc. Mussoorie also boasts Ruskin Bond, a prominent Indian writer of British descent as one of its famous residents.
Places to visit in Mussoorie
Set at a height of 2550 meters above sea level, Mussoorie is a popular hill station located in the Garhwal Hills of the lower Himalayas. It is about 34 (38) km from Dehradun city in Dehradun district of Uttarakhand state.
Its closeness to major Hindu pilgrimage sites like Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri, Yamunotri, Haridwar, Rishikesh etc make Mussoorie a popular destination for the tourists. Its pleasant climate throughout the year and closeness to the Capital Delhi also adds to the attraction of the place.Mussoorie got its name from the Mansur shrub (Cororiana nepalensis), common in the Himalayan foothills. It offers fabulous views of the Himalayan ranges to the north east.
This beautiful hill station was a discovery of an Adventurous British military Captain Young in 1827. Later this place developed as a centre of education, business, tourism and beauty. Mussoorie now has some of the best academic and training institutions like the Indian Administrative Services (IAS), Indo-Tibetan Border Police Academy, the Defense Institute of Work Studies, Indian Police Services (IPS) etc. Mussoorie also boasts Ruskin Bond, a prominent Indian writer of British descent as one of its famous residents.
