A hill station is a town located at a higher

elevation The elevation of a geographic location is its height above or below a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface (see Geodetic datum § ...

than the nearby plain or valley. The term was used mostly in colonial Asia (particularly in India), but also in Africa (albeit rarely), for towns founded by European colonialists as refuges from the summer heat and, as Dale Kennedy observes about the Indian context, "the hill station ... was seen as an exclusive British preserve: here it was possible to render the Indian into an outsider".Kennedy, Dane. The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj. Berkeley: University of California Press, c1996 1996. , http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft396nb1sf/ In India, which has the largest number of hill stations, most are situated at an altitude of approximately .

History

Nandi Hills is a hill station in

Karnataka, India Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

which was developed by Ganga Dynasty in 11th century. It was also used by

Tipu Sultan Tipu Sultan (born Sultan Fateh Ali Sahab Tipu, 1 December 1751 – 4 May 1799), also known as the Tiger of Mysore, was the ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore based in South India. He was a pioneer of rocket artillery.Dalrymple, p. 243 He in ...

(1751 - 1799) as a summer retreat. Hill stations in

British India The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one ...

were established for a variety of reasons. One of the first reasons in the early 1800s, was for the place to act as a

sanitorium A sanatorium (from Latin '' sānāre'' 'to heal, make healthy'), also sanitarium or sanitorium, are antiquated names for specialised hospitals, for the treatment of specific diseases, related ailments and convalescence. Sanatoriums are ofte ...

for the ailing family members of British officials. After the

rebellion of 1857 The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown. The rebellion began on 10 May 1857 in the for ...

, the British "sought further distance from what they saw as a disease-ridden land by scapingto the

Himalayas The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over ...

in the north". Other factors included anxieties about the dangers of life in India, among them "fear of degeneration brought on by too long residence in a debilitating land". The hill stations were meant to reproduce the home country, illustrated in

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's statement about

Ootacamund Ooty (), officially known as Udhagamandalam (also known as Ootacamund (); abbreviated as Udhagai), is a city and a municipality in the Nilgiris district of the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located north west of Coimbatore and s ...

in the 1870s as having "such beautiful English rain, such delicious English mud."

Shimla Shimla (; ; also known as Simla, List of renamed Indian cities and states#Himachal Pradesh, the official name until 1972) is the capital and the largest city of the States and union territories of India, northern Indian state of Himachal Prade ...

was officially made the "summer capital of India" in the 1860s and hill stations "served as vital centres of political and military power, especially after the 1857 revolt." As noted by Indian historian

Vinay Lal Vinay Lal is a historian of India. He is Professor of History and Asian American Studies at UCLA. He writes widely on the history and culture of colonial and modern India, popular and public culture in India, cinema, historiography, the politi ...

, hill stations in India also served "as spaces for the colonial structuring of a segregational and ontological divide between Indians and Europeans, and as institutional sites of imperial power."

William Dalrymple William Dalrymple may refer to: * William Dalrymple (1678–1744), Scottish Member of Parliament * William Dalrymple (moderator) (1723–1814), Scottish minister and religious writer * William Dalrymple (British Army officer) (1736–1807), Scott ...

wrote that "The viceroy was the spider at the heart of Simla's web: From his chambers in Viceregal Lodge, he pulled the strings of an empire that stretched from Rangoon in the east to Aden in the west." Meanwhile Judith T Kenny observed that "the hill station as a landscape type tied to nineteenth-century discourses of imperialism and climate. Both discourses serve as evidence of a belief in racial difference and, thereby, the imperial hill station reflected and reinforced a framework of meaning that influenced European views of the non-western world in general." The historian of Himalayan cultures

Shekhar Pathak Dr. Shekhar Pathak is a historian, editor, publisher, activist, and traveller from Uttarakhand, India. He is known for his extensive knowledge of the history of colonial and postcolonial social movements and contemporary environmental and social ...

speaking about the development of Hill Stations like

Mussoorie Mussoorie is a hill station and a municipal board, near Dehradun city in the Dehradun district of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is about from the state capital of Dehradun and north of the national capital of New Delhi. The hill ...

noted that “the needs of this (European) elite created colonies in Dehradun of Indians to cater to them." This "exclusive, clean, and secure social space – known as an enclave – for white Europeans ... evolved to become the seats of government and foci of elite social activity", and created racial distinctions which perpetuated British colonial power and oppression as Nandini Bhattacharya notes. Dale Kennedy observed that "the hill station, then, was seen as an exclusive British preserve: here it was possible to render the Indian into an outsider". Kennedy, following Monika Bührlein, identifies three stages in the evolution of hill stations in India: high refuge, high refuge to hill station, and hill station to

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. The first settlements started in the 1820s, primarily as sanitoria. In the 1840s and 1850s, there was a wave of new hill stations, with the main impetus being "places to rest and recuperate from the arduous life on the plains". In the second half of the 19th century, there was a period of consolidation with few new hill stations. In the final phase, "hill stations reached their zenith in the late nineteenth century. The political importance of the official stations was underscored by the inauguration of large and costly public-building projects."

List of hill stations

Most hill stations, listed by region:

Africa

Madagascar

Antsirabe Antsirabe () is the third largest city in Madagascar and the capital of the Vakinankaratra region, with a population of 265,018 in 2014. In Madagascar, Antsirabe is known for its relatively cool climate (like the rest of the central region), i ...

Morocco

Ifrane Ifrane ( Berber: ⵉⴼⵔⴰⵏ; ar, إفران) is a city in the Middle Atlas region of northern Morocco (population 14,659 as of November 2014). The capital of Ifrane Province in the region of Fès-Meknès, Ifrane is located at an elevation ...

Nigeria

Jos Jos is a city in the north central region of Nigeria. The city has a population of about 900,000 residents based on the 2006 census. Popularly called "J-Town", it is the administrative capital and largest city of Plateau State. During British ...

Uganda

Fort Portal Fort Portal or Kabarole is a city located in the Western Region of Uganda. It is the seat of both Kabarole District and historically of the Toro Kingdom. Location Fort Portal in Kabarole District is located approximately by road, west of Kampa ...

Americas

Brazil

* Petropolis *

Campos do Jordão Campos do Jordão () is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in southeastern Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte. The population is 52,405 (2020 est.) in an area of . The city is situated above ...

Costa Rica

Monteverde Monteverde is the twelfth canton of the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica. It is located in the Cordillera de Tilarán mountain range. Roughly a four-hour drive from the Central Valley, Monteverde is one of the country's major ecotourism des ...

United States

Beech Mountain Beech Mountain is a town in both Avery and Watauga counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 320. The town is located atop Beech Mountain and is the highest town east of the Rocky Mountai ...

Sky Valley, Georgia Sky Valley is a city in Rabun County, Georgia, United States and is nestled in a mountain valley on the northwest slopes of Rabun Bald, Georgia's second-highest peak. Incorporated in March 1978, it recorded a total population of 250 as of the 200 ...

Big Bear Lake, California Big Bear Lake is a small city in San Bernardino County, California, located in the San Bernardino Mountains along the south shore of Big Bear Lake, and surrounded by the San Bernardino National Forest. The city is located about 25 miles (40&n ...

Cloudcroft, New Mexico Cloudcroft is a village in Otero County, New Mexico, United States, and is located within the Lincoln National Forest. The population was 674 at the 2010 census. Despite being located in an otherwise arid region, its high elevation (; one of ...

Summerhaven, Arizona Summerhaven is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) on Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson in Pima County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a permanent population of 40. ...

Asia

Bangladesh

Sajek Valley Sajek Valley is one of the most popular tourist spots in Bangladesh situated among the hills of the Kasalong range of mountains in Sajek union, Baghaichhari Upazila in Rangamati District. The valley is above sea level. Sajek Valley is known as t ...

Bandarban Bandarban ( bn, বান্দরবান, Chakma: 𑄝𑄚𑄴𑄘𑄧𑄢𑄴𑄝𑄚𑄴) is a district in South-Eastern Bangladesh, and a part of the Chittagong Division. It is one of the three hill districts of Bangladesh and a part of ...

Jaflong Jaflong ( bn, জাফলং) is a hill station and tourist destination in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh. It is located in Gowainghat Upazila of Sylhet District and situated at the border between Bangladesh and the Indian state of Megha ...

Khagrachari Khagrachari ( bn, খাগড়াছড়ি) is a district in the Chittagong Division of Southeastern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Chittagong Hill Tracts region. History The Chittagong Hill Tracts was under the reign of the Tripura Sta ...

Moulvibazar Moulvibazar ( bn, মৌলভীবাজার) is a town in north-eastern Bangladesh just south of Sylhet. It is the capital of Moulvibazar Sadar Upazila and Moulvibazar District, and is located on the banks of the Manu River. The town has a ...

Rangamati Rangamati (Bengali: রাঙ্গামাটি;) is the administrative headquarter and town of Rangamati Hill District in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. The town is located at 22°37'60N 92°12'0E and has an altitude of . The dist ...

Sreemangal Sreemangal ( bn, শ্রীমঙ্গল, Srimongol) is an upazila of Moulvibazar District in the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh. It is located at the southwest of the district, and borders the Habiganj District to the west and the Indian s ...

Cambodia

Bokor Hill Station Bokor Hill Station ( km, ស្ថានីយភ្នំបូកគោ, ; french: Station d'altitude de Bokor) refers to a collection of French colonial buildings constructed as a temperate mountain luxury resort and retreat for colonial reside ...

China

* Guling *

Mount Mogan Mount Mogan or Moganshan () is a mountain located in Deqing County, Huzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, 60 kilometers from the provincial capital Hangzhou and 200 km from Shanghai. It is part of the Moganshan National Park and at its base is ...

* Mount Jigong * Kuliang * Beidaihe

Cyprus

Platres Platres ( el, Πλάτρες) or Pano Platres ( el, Πάνω Πλάτρες; tr, Yukarı Platres; English: ''Upper Platres''), is a Μountainous village in Cyprus. It is located on the southern slopes of the Troodos Mountains and is one of the win ...

Hong Kong

Victoria Peak Victoria Peak is a hill on the western half of Hong Kong Island. It is also known as Mount Austin, and locally as The Peak only generally. With an elevation of , it is the highest hill on Hong Kong Island, ranked 29 in terms of elevation in H ...

* Sunset Peak

India

Hundreds of hill stations are located in India. Nandi Hills is a hill station in

which was developed by Ganga Dynasty in 11th century. It was also used by

(1751 - 1799) as a summer retreat. The most popular hill stations in India include:

Achabal Achabal (), known as Achival () in Kashmiri, is a town in Anantnag district, in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Achabal is an important tourist place about 8.1 km away from Anantnag. The place is notable for an ancient sp ...

Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir may refer to: * Kashmir, the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent * Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory * Jammu and Kashmir (state), a region administere ...

Amarkantak Amarkantak (NLK ''Amarakaṇṭaka'') is a pilgrim town and a Nagar Panchayat in Anuppur, Madhya Pradesh, India. The Amarkantak region is a unique natural heritage area and is the meeting point of the Vindhya and the Satpura Ranges, with the Maik ...

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital city, capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Sagar, and Rewa, India, Rewa being the othe ...

* Ambanad Hills,

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South C ...

* Amboli, Maharashtra *

Almora Almora ( Kumaoni: ''Almāḍ'') is a municipal board and a cantonment town in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Almora district. Almora is located on a ridge at the southern edge of the Kumaon Hills of t ...

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2007), is a States and union territories of India, state in the North India, northern part of India. It is often referred to as t ...

Araku Valley Araku Valley is a hill station in Alluri Sitharama Raju district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, lying 111 km west of Visakhapatnam city. This place is often referred to as ''Ooty of Andhra''. It is a valley in the Eastern Ghats inha ...

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to t ...

Aritar Aritar is a region in the Pakyong District under Rongli, Rongli Sub-Division of the Indian state of Sikkim. Geography It is located on the edge of the Himalayas, 67 kilometres from Gangtok, 52 kilometres from Kalimpong, 40 kilometres from P ...

Sikkim Sikkim (; ) is a state in Northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Province No. 1 of Nepal in the west and West Bengal in the south. Sikkim is also close to the Siligu ...

* Aru, Jammu and Kashmir *

Askot Askot or Askote ( Kumaoni:असकोट) is a small Himalayan town in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand in India. It is the part of Kanalichhina development Block and Didihat Tehsil. The place is also famous for the Askot Musk Deer Sanctu ...

* Auli,

Baba Budan giri Baba Budangiri (), also known as Chandradrona (, as the range naturally forms the shape of a crescent moon), is a hill and mountain range in the Western Ghats of India, located in the Chikkamagaluru district of Karnataka. The main peaks in thi ...

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Kar ...

Badrinath Badrinath is a town and nagar panchayat in Chamoli district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. A Hindu holy place, it is one of the four sites in India's Char Dham pilgrimage and is also part of India's Chota Char Dham pilgrimage circuit. ...

Baltal, Jammu and Kashmir Baltal is a camping ground for pilgrims, 75 km from Ganderbal town in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir, India and 93 km from capital city Srinagar and 15 km north of Sonamarg on the Sind River at the base of Zojila pass. This little vall ...

Barog 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 Kalka–Shimla Railway. Set in the mountains Barog is just 60 km from Chandigarh on the ...

Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several peak ...

Berinag Berinag is a hill station, located 124 km from Pithoragarh city in the Pithoragarh district, which is the easternmost Himalayan district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is one of the six Administrative Subdivisions (tehsil) of Pitho ...

Bhaderwah Bhaderwah or Bhadarwah (also ''Bhaderwah Valley'') is a town, tehsil, sub-division and also additional district in the Doda district of the Jammu Division of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is also known as Chota Kashmir (Mini Kashmir) for its sce ...

* Bhowali,

Chail, Himachal Pradesh Chail is a hill station in Solan district of Himachal Pradesh, India. It is from Solan city and from Shimla. It is known for its salubrious beauty and virgin forests. The Chail Palace is well known for its architecture: the palace was built ...

Chakrata Chakrata is a cantonment town and also a sub district/tehsil, in Dehradun district. in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It lies between the Tons and Yamuna rivers, at an elevation of 2118 m, 98 km from the state capital, Dehradun. Chakrat ...

Chamba, Himachal Pradesh Chamba is a town in the Chamba district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. According to the 2001 Indian census, Chamba has a population of 20,312 people. Located at an altitude of above mean sea level, the town is situated on the ban ...

Champhai Champhai (Pron:/tʃamˈpʰaɪ/) is a border town in Mizoram state, in far eastern India. It is the headquarters of Champhai district, one of the eleven districts in the state. It is located on the Indo-Myanmar border and is situated in a strate ...

Mizoram Mizoram () is a state in Northeast India, with Aizawl as its seat of government and capital city. The name of the state is derived from "Mizo", the self-described name of the native inhabitants, and "Ram", which in the Mizo language means "lan ...

Chaukori Chaukori is a hill station in the Pithoragarh district set among the lofty peaks of the western Himalayan Range in the Kumaon Division of Uttarakhand, India. To its north is Tibet and to its south is Terai. The Mahakali River, running along its ...

Cherrapunjee Cherrapunji () or Sohra is a subdivisional town (Proposed District) East Khasi Hills district in the Indian state of Meghalaya. It is the traditional capital of ka ''hima'' Sohra (Khasi tribal kingdom). Sohra has often been credited as being t ...

Meghalaya Meghalaya (, or , meaning "abode of clouds"; from Sanskrit , "cloud" + , "abode") is a state in northeastern India. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the state of Assam: (a) the United Khasi Hills and Jai ...

Chikhaldara Chikhaldara is a hill station and a municipal council in Amravati district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Chikaldhara, literally translates from Marathi to mud stream/falls (''chikal'' + ''dhara''). Hindus claim that this place was feature ...

, Maharashtra *

Chitkul Chhitkul is a village in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh. During winters, the place mostly remains covered with the snow and the inhabitants move to lower regions of Himachal. According to a recent study by Centre of Atmospheric Sciences ...

Coonoor Coonoor, natively spelt as Kunnur (), is a Taluk and a municipality of the Nilgiris district in the Indian State of Tamil Nadu. As of 2011, the town had a population of 45,494. Demographics According to 2011 census, Coonoor had a populatio ...

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil languag ...

* Daksum,

* Dalhousie,

* Daringbadi,

Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of Sc ...

Darjeeling Darjeeling (, , ) is a town and municipality in the northernmost region of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located in the Eastern Himalayas, it has an average elevation of . To the west of Darjeeling lies the easternmost province of Ne ...

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the four ...

Dawki Dawki or Dauki is a town in West Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya, India. Geography It is located at , on the border between India and Bangladesh. Dawki Border-crossing Dawki Integrated Check Post or ''Dawki border crossing'' is on Dawki-Tam ...

Diskit Diskit is a village and headquarter of the Nubra tehsil and the Nubra subdivision in the Leh district of Ladakh, India.Ladakh Ladakh () is a region administered by India as a union territory which constitutes a part of the larger Kashmir region and has been the subject of dispute between India, Pakistan, and China since 1947. (subscription required) Quote: "Jammu a ...

* Doodhpathri,

Dhanaulti Dhanaulti is a quiet hill station at an elevation of 2286 meters above sea level, it offers panoramic views of the lofty Himalayas. Situated in the foothills of the Garhwal Himalayan range located from New Tehri, the district headquarter, 60 k ...

* Dharamkot, Himachal Pradesh *

Dharchula Dharchula is a town in Pithoragarh district in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, situated at an elevation of 940 m above sea level, surrounded by peaks from all sides and Kali river cutting through the middle, dividing the area in ...

Dras Dras (also spelt Drass, ISO transliteration: '), also known locally in Shina as Himababs, Hembabs, or Humas, is a town and hill station, near Kargil city in the Kargil district of the union territory of Ladakh in India. It is on the NH 1 ( ...

Ladakh Ladakh () is a region administered by India as a union territory which constitutes a part of the larger Kashmir region and has been the subject of dispute between India, Pakistan, and China since 1947. (subscription required) Quote: "Jammu a ...

* Dzuluk,

Dzüko Valley The Dzüko Valley is a valley located at the borders of the states of Nagaland and Manipur in Northeast India. This valley is well known for its natural environment, seasonal flowers and flora & fauna. It is situated at an altitude of 2452 m abo ...

Nagaland Nagaland () is a landlocked States and union territories of India, state in the northeast India, northeastern region of India. It is bordered by the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh to the north, Assam to the west, Manipur to the south and the ...

and Manipur * Gairsain,

* Gangtok,

* Ghum, West Bengal * Gulmarg,

* Gyalshing, Geyzing,

* Haflong, Assam * Hemkund, Hemkund Sahib,

* Hmuifang,

* Kalpa, Himachal Pradesh * Jogindernagar,

* Jogimatti,

* Jyotirmath, Joshimath,

* Kalimpong,

* Katra, Jammu and Kashmir * Kangra, Himachal Pradesh * Kargil,

* Karzok,

* Kedarnath,

* Kyelang, Keylong,

* Khajjiar,

* Kodaikanal,

* Kolli Hills,

* Kotagiri,

* Kohima,

* Kokernag,

* Khandala, Maharashtra * Kufri, India, Kufri,

* Kullu,

* Kurseong,

* Lachen, Sikkim, Lachen,

* Lachung,

* Lansdowne, India, Lansdowne,

* Lava, West Bengal * Leh,

* Lonavala, Maharashtra * Loleygaon, Lolegaon,

* Lunglei,

* Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra * Mainpat, Chhattisgarh * Matheran, Maharashtra * Manali, Himachal Pradesh * Mawsynram,

* McLeod Ganj,

* Meghamalai,

* Mirik,

* Mount Abu, Rajasthan * Murgo,

* Munnar,

* Munsiari, Munsiyari,

* Nainital,

* Narkanda,

* New Tehri,

* Ooty, Ooty (Udhagamandalam),

* Pachmarhi,

* Palampur, Himachal Pradesh * Pahalgam,

* Patnitop,

* Pauri,

* Pelling,

* Pfütsero,

* Pithoragarh,

* Ramgarh, Uttarakhand * Ranikhet,

* Reckong Peo,

* Reiek,

* Rishyap,

* Samsing,

* Saputara, Gujarat * Shillong,

* Sonamarg,

* Soordelu Hill Station,

* Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh * Thekkady,

* Triund,

* Tosa Maidan,

* Topslip,

* Turtuk,

* Uttarkashi,

* Valparai,

* Vagamon,

* Verinag,

* Wilson Hills, Gujarat * Yercaud

* Yelagiri

* Yusmarg,

* Yuksom,

* Yumthang Valley of Flowers, Yumthang,

Indonesia

* Garut in, West Java * Sukabumi in West Java * Puncak in West Java * Batu (city), Batu in East Java * Tretes in East Java * Kaliurang in Central Java * Munduk in Bali * Bedugul in Bali * Berastagi in North Sumatra * Lembang in West Java * Baturaden in Central Java * Wonosobo in Central Java * Tawangmangu in Central Java * Bandungan, Semarang in Central Java * Bukittinggi in West Sumatra * Padang Panjang in West Sumatra * Sawahlunto in West Sumatra * Solok in West Sumatra * Payakumbuh in West Sumatra * Takengon in Aceh * Tomohon in North Sulawesi * Tana Toraja in South Sulawesi * Malino, Indonesia, Malino in South Sulawesi * Salatiga in Central Java

Iraq

* Shaqlawa * Amadiya, Amedi * Rawanduz * Sulaymaniyah * Batifa

Israel

* Metula * Safed

Japan

* Hakone * Karuizawa * Nikkō * Lake Chūzenji

Jordan

*A few suburbs in Amman

Malaysia

Myanmar

* Kalaw * Pyin Oo Lwin * Taunggyi * Thandaung

Nepal

* Pokhara * Namche Bazaar * Bandipur * Dhulikhel * Tansen, Nepal, Tansen * Nagarkot * Kakani * Prithbinarayan, Gorkha Bazaar * Daman, Nepal, Daman * Dharan, Nepal, Dharan * Dhankuta * Ilam, Nepal, Illam * Lumle * Kaande * Sarangkot * Baglung * Resunga * Jomsom * Dingboche * Kunde, Nepal, Kunde * Khumjung * Lukla * Tengboche * Phortse * Bhimeshwar * Besisahar * Sandhikharka * Tamghas * Jomsom * Thame, Nepal, Thame * Pangboche * Phakding * Simikot * Dunai, Nepal

Pakistan

Sunset in hills - Holy Trinity Church, Murree

''Khyber Pakhtunkhwa'' * Abbottabad * Behrain * Kalam Valley * Malam Jabba * Nathia Gali * Shogran * Chitral * Jahaz Banda * Naran (town), Naran * Kaghan (town), Kaghan ''Punjab'' * Bhurban * Charra Pani * Murree * Patriata ''Sindh'' * Gorakh Hill * Bado Hill Station ''Balochistan'' * Ziarat ''Gilgit Baltistan'' * Hunza Valley * Skardu * Astore Valley * Gilgit * Nagar Valley

Philippines

* Baguio * Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental, Salvador Benedicto * Mambukal * Tagaytay * Sagada * Malaybalay

Sri Lanka

* Nuwara Eliya

Syria

* Bloudan * Masyaf * Qadmous * Zabadani * Madaya, Syria, Madaya

Vietnam

* Da Lat * Sa Pa (town), Sa Pa * Tam Đảo National Park, Tam Đảo * Bà Nà Hills * Bạch Mã National Park

Oceania

Australia

=Victoria

= * Mount Macedon * Harrietville, Victoria, Harrietville

=South Australia

= * Mount Gambier * Adelaide Hills

=Queensland

= * Toowoomba * Merewether * The Gap, Queensland, The Gap * Chapel Hill, Queensland, Chapel Hill * Bardon, Queensland, Bardon * Ferny Grove, Queensland, Ferny Grove * Buderim * New Auckland * Mount Archer, Queensland (Rockhampton Region), Mount Archer

=Western Australia

= * Lesmurdie, Western Australia, Lesmurdie * Kalamunda * Jarrahdale * Bedfordale, Western Australia, Bedfordale

=New South Wales

= * Blue Mountains (New South Wales), Blue Mountains * Mount Pleasant, New South Wales, Mount Pleasant * Woonona, New South Wales, Woonoona * Kariong * Illawarra escarpment (Stanwell Tops) * Prospect Hill (New South Wales), Prospect Hill (Pemulwuy, New South Wales, Pemulwuy) * Terrey Hills * Berowra Heights

References

Bibliography

* Crossette, Barbara. ''The Great Hill Stations of Asia''. . * Kennedy, Dane
''The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj'' (Full text, searchable)
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. , .

External links

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