About Nainital Hill Station & Visiting Places
Nainital is a famou hill station in Uttarakhand. It is the judicial capital and the High Court of the state being located there. It is the headquarters of the Kumaon division as well as an eponymous district. There are houses of the Governor, who resides in the Raj Bhavan. It is located in the Kumaon foothills of the outer Himalayas at a distance of 285 km (177 mi) from the state capital Dehradun and 345 km (214 mi) from New Delhi, the capital of India. Situated at an altitude of 1,938 metres (6,358 ft) above sea level, the city is set in a valley containing an eye-shaped lake, approximately two miles in circumference, and surrounded by mountains, of which the highest are Naina Peak (2,615 m (8,579 ft)) on the north, Deopatha (2,438 m (7,999 ft)) on the west, and Ayarpatha (2,278 m (7,474 ft)) on the south. From the tops of the higher peaks, "magnificent views can be obtained of the vast plain to the south, or of the mass of tangled ridges lying north, bound by the great snowy range which forms the central axis of the Himalayas. The hill station attracts tourists round the year. Nainital Tour & Travel, Near Bank Of Baroda, Tallital, Nainital, Uttarakhand 263001
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