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Canal Road, Kathgodam · 554 m

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The gateway to Kumaon

Everything you came for
is uphill

Kathgodam is the terminus — 554 metres, on the Gaula, where the plains stop being flat. Everything you arrived from is south and west of here. Everything you came for is north, and the road there takes about twice as long as the distance suggests.

554 m · on the Gaula
arrive from the south‑west · leave to the north

How to get here
Bearings from THE MOUNT VALLEYA compass rose centred on the hotel. Station, Bus stand, Pantnagar lie to the south and west; Bhimtal, Mukteshwar, Nainital, Kainchi Dham lie to the north; Jim Corbett lies to the west-north-west. Each is placed at its true bearing and at a distance proportional to its straight-line distance from the hotel.10 KM20 KM30 KM40 KMNESWStationWSW · 750 mBus stand211.1° · 5.3 kmPantnagar192.7° · 32–35 kmBhimtal11.3° · 23.6 kmMukteshwar23.7° · 61.5 kmKainchi DhamN · 38–43 kmJim Corbett290.5° · 58.9 kmNainital329.5° · 37.9 km

Every destination at its true bearing from the hotel, at a distance proportional to the straight line. The pale sector to the south-west is where you arrive from; the teal one across north is where you are going. The needle swings from the station to Nainital.

A wide bed of grey shingle and boulders with a thin stream, steep forested hills rising behind.

The hill factor

Twice as far as it looks

On the plain, the road runs about as straight as the crow. The moment it starts climbing it runs more than twice as far. That is the whole argument for sleeping down here.

On the plain
0.95–1.38× the straight line
Into the hills
2.25–2.48×
Nainital, 16.9 km away
37.9 km by road · 1 h 40

Destinations from The Mount Valley, with true bearing, straight-line distance, road distance, hill factor and driving time. Ordered south to north.

Destination Bearing Crow Road Hill factor Drive
Kathgodam station WSW0.4 km750 m —11 min walk
Haldwani bus stand 211.1°5.6 km5.3 km 0.95×13 min
Pantnagar airport 192.7°30.5 km32–35 km 1.10×42–49 min
Jim Corbett · Ramnagar 290.5°42.7 km58.9 km 1.38×1 h 35
Nainital 329.5°16.9 km37.9 km 2.25×1 h 40
Mukteshwar 23.7°25.4 km61.5 km 2.42×2 h 40
Kainchi Dham N16.7 km38–43 km 2.43×1 h 40
Bhimtal 11.3°9.5 km23.6 km 2.48×1 h 05

Bearings and straight lines are measured from the hotel’s own position. Road distances and times are as published. The station’s ratio is left blank because it is meaningless over 750 metres.

Bearings, not sightlines

Every place north of here is behind that ridge

The horizon from the hotel’s terraceA profile of the skyline from west-south-west through north to east-north-east, computed from the elevation of the surrounding terrain. Each destination is marked at its true bearing. Nainital, Kainchi Dham, Bhimtal and Mukteshwar all sit beyond the ridge line and are not visible from the property.WNWNNE WSWStation750 m 290.5°Jim Corbett58.9 km · behind the ridge 329.5°Nainital37.9 km · behind the ridge NKainchi Dham38-43 km · behind the ridge 11.3°Bhimtal23.6 km · behind the ridge 23.7°Mukteshwar61.5 km · behind the ridge
The skyline from the terrace, west through north to east-north-east, drawn from the terrain model. Two booking sites claim this hotel has a lake view. It does not, and nor does anywhere else in Kathgodam — Nainital and Bhimtal are in that direction, with ridgelines in between. Elevation exaggerated 6× for legibility · bearings and distances are true

The roof

The one place you stand on the threshold

Guests name the rooftop terrace, again and again. Behind you is the plain you arrived across; in front is the wall you drive into at first light. It is the whole reason to stop here rather than push on.

Elevation
554 m
River
The Gaula
The ground either side of the hotelA cross-section of the ground along two straight lines from the hotel: 8 kilometres back towards Haldwani, which is flat, and 18 kilometres on towards Nainital, which climbs steeply after the first few kilometres. Heights are exaggerated 4 times. The Mount Valley554 m Haldwani5.3 km by road Nainital37.9 km by road Behind you Ahead 5 km 5 km 10 km 15 km
The ground along two straight lines from the hotel: back towards Haldwani, the way you came, and on towards Nainital, the way you go. From the same terrain model as the skyline above; heights exaggerated four times.
The first sun lighting the crest of a steep forested ridge while its lower slopes are still in blue shade.

Tomorrow

Sleep on the flat. Drive up rested.

The hotel will arrange the car. Say so the night before, and it can be waiting when you come down.

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