--- title: "Gorgān – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Gorgān, Iran: Gorgan is a city in the Central District of Gorgan County, Golestan province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gorgan" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gorgan.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Masjed_jame_gorgan.jpg" --- City in Golestan province, Iran # Gorgān Gorgan is a city in the Central District of Gorgan County, Golestan province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. ![Gorgān](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Masjed_jame_gorgan.jpg) Gorgān · Wikimedia Commons The place Gorgan is a city in the Central District of Gorgan County, Golestan province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. It lies approximately 400 km (250 mi) to the northeast of the national capital Tehran, and some 30 km (19 mi) away from the Caspian Sea. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgan), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Gorgān 2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. Jameh Mosque of Gorgan The Jameh Mosque of Gorgan is a Shi'ite Friday mosque, located next to the old bazaar, in the Nalbandan neighborhood of Gorgan, in the province of Golestan, Iran. The mosque was built in 1018 CE, during the Seljuk era, and has been extensively renovated in subsequent years. 800 m · mosque in Gorgan, Iranian national heritage site · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Gorgan) 2. Islamic Azad University of Gorgan The Islamic Azad University, Gorgan Branch is a campus of Islamic Azad University system in Iran. 3.1 km · university in Iran · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Azad_University,_Gorgan_Branch) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. See ## What Wikivoyage says to see Alangdarreh Forest Park, is especially beautiful at autumn. The trees of this forest are unique to the Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests. Nahar-Khoran. Ziarat Village. Ziarat Waterfall. Hezarpich Hill. Ghorogh Forest Park. Tuskestan Forest. Shast-Kola Forest. Emadiyeh School. From [Wikivoyage: Gorgān](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Gorgan), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Go there ## Getting to Gorgān **Stations:** Gorgan Airport, 8.3 km\ - Tehran → Gorgān Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/tehran-to-gorgan) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Tehran&to=Gorg%C4%81n) - Karaj → Gorgān Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/karaj-to-gorgan) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Karaj&to=Gorg%C4%81n) - Mashhad → Gorgān Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/mashhad-to-gorgan) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Mashhad&to=Gorg%C4%81n) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Gorg%C4%81n) Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Gorgān Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Gorgān. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Sheki (Şəki)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/sheki) AZ 10 ways of moving, 46 sources 792 km 2. [Yeghegnadzor and the Vayots Dzor valley](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/yeghegnadzor) AM 9 ways of moving, 32 sources 858 km 3. [Gyumri](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gyumri) AM 12 ways of moving, 47 sources 1,016 km 4. [Gori](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gori) GE 10 ways of moving, 16 sources 1,055 km 5. [Vardzia and the Javakheti plateau](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vardzia) GE 12 ways of moving, 57 sources 1,086 km If you know how people move in Gorgān – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cgorgan&title=Gorg%C4%81n&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fgorgan), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Gorgān - [Bagh-e Golbon](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bagh-e-golbon) village in Iran 6.2 km - [Fath Bagh](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/fath-bagh) village in Iran 6.4 km - [Valikabad](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/valikabad) village in Iran 5.4 km - [Owja Bon](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/owja-bon) village in Iran 5.1 km - [Qalandar Mahalleh](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/qalandar-mahalleh) village in Iran 9.4 km - [Rostam Kalateh-ye Sadat](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/rostam-kalateh-ye-sadat) village in Iran 7 km [The place page for Gorgān](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/gorgan) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Iran](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-IR) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gorgan, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. 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