Patnitop is a popular hill station, its just 112 kms away from Jammu. Patnitop is a beautiful place with thickly wooded forests. It is a popular hill station. This place also provide many peaceful walks. Patnitop hill resort is perched on a beautiful plateau. Patnitop hill station altitude of 2024 meters across which the Jammu-Srinagar Highway passes. Patnitop is a beautiful picnic spots, peaceful walks and breathtaking views of the mountains cape of the Chenab point in J&K. In winter Patnitop resort is generally covered with a thick short mantle of snow thus providing occasion for different snow games including skiing. It is the best developed tourist spot in Jammu and is second to none in its natural charm, climate, pine forests and lush green cover. The occupancy of the huts and Dak Banglow is full in summer months. Patnitop is a anytime visit place but the summer time is the best time for visit.

Attraction in Patnitop:

Trekking:   Patnitop hill station Picturesquely located at a high altitude, there are many pleasant walks around this popular hill station. Patnitop is a beautiful place for many short or longer treks into the nearby mountains. Patnitop hill providing a pleasure to one-day walk to Shiva Garh, its about 11-km away from Patnitop at an altitude of almost 3,500 meters.

Adventure Sports: Patnitop hills is a very Popular place for walks and picnics. Sanasar, 19-km away was chosen by J&K Tourism for major development. In winter there are many different snow games including Trekking, skiing. Patnitop hills is the best place of Situated in a Gulmarg-like meadow it has picnic spots around. The 6-hole golf course is being expanded to 9-holes.

Vaishno Devi:  Vaishno Devi Mandir is one of the holiest Hindu temples dedicated to Shakti. The Vaishno Devi temple is near the town of Katra, in Udhampur district in the state of J&K. It is located 61 km north of Jammu at a height of 5,200 feet above the sea level. The holy cave shrine of Vaishno Devi is located in a recess of the Trikuta. In the cave there are images of three Goddess viz, the Mahakali, Mahalakshmi and Mahasaraswati.

Bahu Fort & Temple:        Bahu Fort is Located on a rock face on the left bank of the river Tawi, maybe this is the oldest fort and edifice in the city of Jammu. This is established by Raja Bahulochan over 3,000 years ago.

Buddha Amarnath Temple: Buddha Amarnath is a world famous sacred place in the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India. The temple of Buddha Amarnath is located at a distance of 25 kilometers of the town of Poonch. This is a unique Shiva Temple. There is a Shiva Linga in the temple that it is made of white stone. thousands of devotees visit the temple during the festival of Rakhsa Bandhan.

FACTS & FIGURES:

State	Jammu & Kashmir
City	Patnitop
Airports	Nearest Jammu
Distance from Amritsar	118 Km
Railway Junctions	Nearest Jammu
Local Languages	Pahari , Hindi

How to get there:

By Air :  Srinagar, Jammu, and Ladakh is major airport to reach Patnitop. They airports well connected to Delhi and other places in the country.

By Rail : J ammu Tawi is the main railway station of Jammu & Kashmir. It is well connected to the important towns and cities of the country.

By Road :  One can easily reach Jammu by the National Highway 1A that goes from Punjab and runs through this city, connecting it to the rest of the state, including the capital Srinagar.