Jenukallu Betta or Jenkal Peak is the highest
mountain
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of
Hassan district
Hassan is one of the districts of Karnataka, 31 districts of Karnataka, India. The district headquarter is Hassan, Karnataka, Hassan. It was part of ''Manjarabad Faujdari'' between 1832-81 (Mysore Commission, Commissioner's Rule of Mysore). In ...
. It is located in the
Western Ghats range near to Bisle valley, and reaches an elevation of . The mountain has patches of
shola
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forest
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s in the valleys.
It is a place of interest for
trekkers. Trek trail begins from Shri Bettada Bhairaveshwara temple near Mekanagadde, which is 35 km from
Sakleshpur
Sakleshpur, also known as Sakleshpura or Sakaleshapura, is a hill station town and headquarters of Sakleshpur taluk and one of the two Sub-divisional headquarters in Hassan district in the Indian state of Karnataka.
Geography
Sakleshpur is loc ...
a. The climb to the top and back can be completed as a day hike. On a clear day,
Ettina Bhuja and Devaramane Betta of
Chikmagalur district
Chikmagalur, officially Chikkamagaluru () is an administrative district in the Malnad subregion of Karnataka, India. It was called Kadur (''Cuddoor'') district till 1947. Coffee was first cultivated in India in Chikmagalur. The hills of Chikm ...
and
Pushpagiri of
Kodagu district
Kodagu district () (also known by its former name Coorg) is an administrative List of districts of Karnataka, district in the Karnataka state of India. Before 1956, it was an administratively separate Coorg State at which point it was merged ...
are visible from the peak.
Rainfall
The region of Jenukallu hill comes under the jurisdiction of
Hanbalu hobli
A hobli, nad or mágani is a cluster of adjoining villages administered together for tax and land tenure purposes in the states of Karnataka India. This clustering of villages was formed mainly to streamline the collection of taxes and maintenan ...
of Sakleshpura taluk. As per Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre, in 2022, this region received a highest annual rainfall of , second only to
Hethur (4,305 mm) in the district.
References
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Mountains of Karnataka
Geography of Hassan district
Tourist attractions in Hassan district