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Forest Research Institute

Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

4.5 (0)

Overview

A Greco-Roman colossus of 1929 set in 450 acres — the world's grandest forestry campus, its brick colonnades familiar from countless films.

Why visit: India's most beautiful institutional building, plus six forestry museums.

Things to do

›Main building colonnades
›700-year tree-ring slice
›Botanical lawns

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Travel Information

Best time

Year-round

Entry fee

₹40 + museums

Hours

9:00 AM – 5:30 PM

Est. budget

₹100–400

Duration

2–3 hrs

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Within

4.2 km

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📍 Cave

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Robber's Cave Dehradun

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📍 Monastery

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Mindrolling Monastery

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📍 Heritage

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George Everest House

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💧 Waterfall

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Sahastradhara

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⛰️ Hill Station

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Mussoorie

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💧 Waterfall

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Kempty Falls

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Mussoorie's famous 40-ft cascade splashing into bathing pools, a picnic magnet since the British named it for their 'camp tea' parties.

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🌄 Viewpoint

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Lal Tibba Landour

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The highest point of the Mussoorie ridge in cedar-hushed Landour, its telescope deck facing Kedarnath, Badrinath and Bandarpunch snows.

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⛰️ Hill Station

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Dhanaulti

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