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Ooty
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About Ooty
Ooty is a town, a municipality and the district capital of the Nilgiri Hills’ in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.Ootacamund is a popular hill station located in the Nilgiri hills Udhagamandalam is the official Tamil name for the town. Ooty stands at an approximate height of 7,500 feet (2, 286 m) above sea level.
Ooty is well connected by good roads. It is 535 km from Chennai (via Salem), 86 km from Coimbatore, 18 km from Coonoor, 155 km from Mysore (via Gudalur), 187 km from Calicut, 290 km from Bangalore, 281 km from Kochi (via Coimbatore and Palakkad), 236 km from Kodaikanal (via Coimbatore and Palani). Ooty is situated on National Highway 67. It is connected by road to travelers from the states of TamilNadu Kerala and Karnataka via the five main acceptedNilgiri Ghats Road. There is also a road from Mettupalayam (Coimbatore District) to Ooty via KotagiriThis road does not pass through Connoor..
The Nilgiri passenger train (NMR) Ooty is connected by a nightly connecting train service. Mettupalayam provides the interchange between 'The Nilgiri Passenger' meter gauge service and the Nilgiri Express broad gauge service. The Nilgiri mountain railway is one of the oldest mountain railways in India.
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Near Visitable places in Ooty
Ooty Botanical Gardens,Stone House,Ooty Lake & Boat House,The Fernhills Palace,Kandal Cross Shrine,St. Stephens Church,Lawrence School, Lovedale
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Time to go Ooty
during the summer season.(March,April, May)
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How to reach Ooty
- Road way : Good roads connects to Ooty from major city.
Distance from ooty to Chennai - 539 km.
Distance from ooty to Bangalore - 290 km
Distance from ooty to Coimbatore - 98 km
Distance from ooty to Yercaud - 237 km
Distance from ooty to - Railway : reach ooty train or ooty railway station . connected by meter gauge tracks to Mettupalayam, which is turn connected to Coimbatore and Chennai.
- Airway : The nearest domestic airport is Coimbatore (100kms). connected to major airports in India, Mumbai, Bangalore , Chennai.
- Ship Way : Not Available
- Road way : Good roads connects to Ooty from major city.


