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Kaivara, cave temples 60 km away near Chikkaballapur. Makalidurga - is a great place near Doddaballapura, around 60 km from Bangalore which offers a great opportunity to trek and enjoy the surroundings. Savandurga is a hill 60 km west of Bangalore off the Magadi road. The hill is famous for Narasimhaswamy temple and is also believed to be among ...
The 65,127.5 acre (260.51 km 2 [4]) national park is located about 22 km south of Bangalore in the hills of the Anekal range with an elevation of 1245 - 1634m. [5] The park has a hilly terrain of granite sheets under moist deciduous forest valleys and scrubland on higher areas. [6] Sixteen villages border the park.
The Bannerghatta Biological Park is located within the limits of Anekal Revenue Taluk in the Bangalore Urban District. The park is situated almost midway between the city center of Bengaluru and the Anekal town, at about 25 km from Vidhana Soudha and at about 20 km to the North West of Anekal town. It is connected to the city by an all weather ...
The slopes of the Nandi Hills, located 60 km north of Bangalore.. Bangalore has two unique Topography terrains—North Bangalore taluk and the South Bangalore taluk. The North Bangalore taluk is a relatively more level plateau and lies between an average of 839 to 962 meters above sea level.
This park is present in the Uttara Kannada district and spreads over an area of 250 km 2. The elevation varies from 27 to 937 metres (89 to 3,074 ft), and temperatures from 15.5 °C to 45 °C. Average annual rainfall is about 4,700 millimetres (185 in) . Flora: [1] The area has semi-evergreen and evergreen forests.
[90] [91] [92] Greater Bangalore has seen a reduction in water cover from 20.8 km 2 in 1965 to 12.5 km 2 in 2018. [91] A study published in 2008 found that in the heart of the city only 17 good lakes exist as against 51 healthy lakes in 1985. [90] A 2020 report listed 211 lakes within BBMP boundary limits. [93]
Attiveri Bird Sanctuary, near to Hubli-Dharwad, Uttara Kannada district: spread over an area of about 2.23 km 2, the sanctuary is located in and around the Attiveri reservoir. Anshi National Park, Uttara Kannada: A habitat for tigers, leopards and elephants, about 340 square kilometres in size. Adjoins the Dandeli wildlife sanctuary.
Hebbal Lake is located in the north of Bangalore at the mouth of National Highway 7, along the junction of Bellary Road and the Outer Ring Road (ORR). It was one of the three lakes created in 1537 by Kempe Gowda. Like most lakes or "tanks" in the Bangalore region it was formed by the damming natural valley systems [1] by the construction of ...