Mainalai Reserved Forest

Mainalai Reserved Forest is a forest reserve in , and has an elevation of 2,419 metres. Mainalai Reserved Forest is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near the village .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Doddabetta and Ketti railway station.

Peak
Photo: Tagooty, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the highest mountain in the at 2,637 metres. There is a reserved forest area around the peak. It is 9 km from , on the Ooty-Kotagiri Road in the Nilgiris District of , .

Railway station
Photo: AHEMSLTD, CC BY 2.5.
is an NSG–6 category Indian railway station in Salem railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a railway station of the Nilgiri Mountain Railway in , a hill station town, in the of .

Railway station
Photo: Savmasca, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an NSG–6 category Indian railway station in Salem railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a railway station serving Lovedale, a town located south of Udhagamandalam, in the of . is situated 4 km west of Mainalai Reserved Forest.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Manthada and Aruvankadu.

Village
Photo: Tagooty, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village.

Photo: Sayowais, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, is a small town located in the of in between and , at distances 5 km and 12 km respectively. It houses the Cordite Factory, one of the 40 Indian Ordnance Factories, and one of the oldest, established in 1903.

Photo: Ashwin Kumar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, short for Ootacamund and officially Udhagamandalam, is a popular hill resort in the state of in . The name Udhagamandalam is derived from the Toda word "othakal-mund" which means "house in mountains".

Mainalai Reserved Forest

Latitude
11.39419° or 11° 23′ 39″ north
Longitude
76.74037° or 76° 44′ 25″ east
Elevation
2,419 metres (7,936 feet)
Open location code
7J3R9PVR+M4
Geo­Names ID
11460558
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