Things to do in Barog, Himachal Pradesh
Barog is a hill station, near City of Solan in Solan district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The station lies on UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Kalka–Shimla Railway.
17 places to visit in and around Barog, best known first. Tap a place for directions, or let Turkart turn them into a day-by-day plan.
- 1Dagshai Central Jail & Museum
The Dagshai Jail Museum or Dagshai Central Jail in India was built in 1847, a T-shaped building of local stone masonry with 54 tiny cells. Apart from the Cellular Jail in the Andamans, it is the only other Indian museum which once was a jail.
- 2Chail Sanctuary
Chail Sanctuary is located at Chail, a hill station which is home to sambar, goral and cheer pheasants at Blossom and Jhaja. Barking deer and kalij pheasants are seen during dusk and dawn.
- 3Mohan Shakti National Heritage Park
Mohan Shakti National Heritage Park, also referred to as the Solan Heritage Park, is a modern-era Indian heritage complex in Harat, near Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India.
- 4Sankat Mochan Temple, Shimla
- 5Tara Devi Temple
Tara Devi temple is at a height of 7200 feet above sea level in the Taradevi area atop a ridge, around 7 km away from Shimla city centre.
- 6Bhima Devi Temple Site Museum
The Bhima Devi Temple Complex, nicknamed Khajuraho of North India for its erotic sculptures, comprises the restored ruins of an ancient Hindu temple dating from between 8th and 11th century AD, together with the adjacent 17th-century Pinjore gardens, located…
- 7Khol Hi-Raitan Wildlife Sanctuary
Khol Hi-Raitan Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in Panchkula district of Haryana State, India. It is 0.5 kilometres away from Panchkula on the Morni Road and its aerial distance from the Bir Shikargah Wildlife Sanctuary is only 3 kilometres.
- 8Jatoli Temple
Jatoli Temple is a Hindu temple located in Solan, Solan district in North Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, India, dedicated to Lord Shiva. The temple is situated 4 kilometres from the city of Solan on the Solan-Rajgarh road.
- 9Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre, Pinjore
The Jatayu and Sparrow Conservation Breeding Centre is the world's largest facility for the breeding and conservation of Indian vultures and the house sparrow.
- 10Masol
Masol is a paleontological-archaeological site in the Shivalik Frontal Range of the sub-Himalayan foothills of northwestern India, in the state of Punjab, a few kilometers north of Chandigarh. It dates from the end of the Pliocene.
- 11Himachal State Museum
The Himachal State Museum is a cultural museum located in Shimla, in the Indian Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh.
- 12Mohan Park
The Mohan Park, is an urban park in the city of Solan in Himachal Pradesh, India. Located near Chambaghat, the City Park was opened in 1980 as a recreational area and a green lung for the city's residents.
- 13Shri Mahaveer Hanuman Mandir Khushala
Shri Mahaveer Hanuman Mandir Khushala, also known as Thakurdwara, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Hanuman located in Khushala village of Shoghi region in Shimla in the Northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.
- 14Yadavindra Gardens
- 15Karoh Peak
- 16Kamna Devi Temple
- 17Kaushalya Dam