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Summer Hill, Shimla

Summer Hill is a part of Shimla, the state capital of Himachal Pradesh at a height of 2,123 meters.

Summer Hill, Shimla
Summer Hill, Shimla · Biswarup Ganguly (CC BY 3.0)
The place

Summer Hill is a part of Shimla, the state capital of Himachal Pradesh at a height of 2,123 meters. It is on a hill, 5 km west to the Shimla Ridge, and is part of the seven-hill cluster.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Summer Hill, Shimla

10 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. 01
    Roman Catholic Diocese of Simla and Chandigargh

    The Diocese of Simla and Chandigarh et Chandigarhen) is a Latin Catholic diocese based in the cities of Simla and Chandigarh in the ecclesiastical province of Delhi in India.

    3.1 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in India · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Christ Church (Shimla)

    Christ Church, Shimla, is the second oldest church in North India, after St John's Church in Meerut. Worship is conducted in Hindi and English.

    3.8 km · building in India · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Indian Institute of Advanced Study

    The Indian Institute of Advanced Study is a research institute located atop of Observatory Hill, Boileauganj, Shimla. It was set up by the Ministry of Education, Government of India in 1964 and started functioning from 20 October 1965.

    1.1 km · Leading research institute in India · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Kali Bari, Shimla

    Kali Bari Mandir is a Hindu temple on Bantony Hill, Shimla. The temple is dedicated to an incarnation of the Hindu goddess Kali, known as Shyamala, after which the city of Shimla might have been named.

    2.9 km · Hindu temple in Himachal Pradesh, India · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Himachal Pradesh University

    Himachal Pradesh University is a public state university at Summer Hill, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. It was established on 22 July 1970 by The Himachal Pradesh University Act, 1970 by the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly.

    200 m · state public university in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Mall Road, Shimla

    Mall Road is one of the main financial, commercial and business centres in Shimla, the capital city of Himachal Pradesh, India. Constructed during British colonial rule, the Mall road is located a level below The Ridge.

    3.4 km · major hangout and shopping centre in Shimla.. · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Sankat Mochan Temple, Shimla

    Sankat Mochan Temple is a Hindu temple, dedicated to Hindu deity Hanuman in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India. The temple is Shimla's second most visited Hanuman temple after Jakhu Temple.

    3 km · Hindu temple in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Gaiety Theatre, Shimla

    Gaiety Theatre or Gaiety Heritage Cultural Complex is historic theatre and tourist destination in Shimla. It is located on Mall Road.

    3.6 km · theatre in India · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Himachal Pradesh state museum

    The Himachal State Museum is a cultural museum located in Shimla, in the Indian Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh. The museum was established in 1974 in Inverarm, a house at the top of Inverarm Hill that during the British Raj was the hot season residence of Lord William Beresford, and subsequently of Edwin Henry Hayter Collen and then Edward FitzGerald Law.

    1.6 km · Indian cultural museum · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Kamna Devi Temple

    Kamna Devi Temple is a Hindu temple located in Boileauganj, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. It is situated atop of Prospect Hill which is one of the seven hills in Shimla.

    1.8 km · A Hindu temple in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh · Wikipedia

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Getting to Summer Hill, Shimla

Airports
Shaheed Bhagat Singh (IXC), 59 km · Halwara (HWR), 149 km · Sri Guru Ram Das Ji (ATQ), 232 km
Stations
Shimla railway station, 2.4 km
  • Chandigarh → Summer Hill, Shimla
    53 km · quickest by road, 2h 17m · ₹730–910
  • Halwara → Summer Hill, Shimla
    149 km · quickest by road, 4h 12m · ₹1,590–1,990
  • Amritsar → Summer Hill, Shimla
    222 km · quickest by road, 5h 22m · ₹2,160–2,710
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No local-transport research exists yet for Summer Hill, Shimla

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 Summer Hill, Shimla. 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. 01
    Tirthan ValleyIN

    8 ways of moving, 29 sources

    65 km
  2. 02
    ChitkulIN

    7 ways of moving, 20 sources

    126 km
  3. 03
    KazaIN

    7 ways of moving, 18 sources

    152 km
  4. 04
    MunsiyariIN

    8 ways of moving, 25 sources

    319 km
  5. 05
    LehIN

    8 ways of moving, 25 sources

    342 km

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Around it

Next door to Summer Hill, Shimla

Summer Hill, Shimla is 53 km from Chandigarh, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.