Tamil Nadu-Hill Stations
Ooty
Called
the 'Queen of Hill Stations' picturesque, green Udhagamandalam better known
as Ooty is the most popular hill station in the South. Located in the Western
ghats at a height of 2240m, Udhagamandalam is the headquarters of the Nilgiris
district where the two ghats meet. Apart from coffee and tea plantations, trees like conifers, eucalyptus, pine and wattle dot the hillside in Udhagamandalam and its environs. Summer temperature is rarely higher than 25°c with a minimum of 10°c and winter is are distinctly cooler with a high of 21°c and a low 5°c. Curiously enough, this slice of paradise remained unknown to the great southern dynasties and it took the British to discover it in the early 1800s.
Among the scintillating viewpoints around Udhagamandalam are Elk Hill, Green Valley View and Snowden Peak but the most prominent is the Dodabetta Peak which is the highest point in the district at a height of 2623m.
