About 1460 km in a straight line from Pune to Kedarnath in Rudraprayag. That figure is a straight-line estimate, not a driving distance. This page pairs it with the way people actually make the trip: the train through Rishikesh, a flight into Jolly Grant, Dehradun, or the road.
The number is about 1460 km, measured on the globe between Pune and the temple town, then rounded to the nearest ten kilometres. It is a straight-line estimate.Treat it as a way to compare trips, not as a route: the road, the rail line and the air path all bend, and each one runs longer than this figure.
This is the same kind of number as the span on the map page. It tells you whether Puneto Kedarnath is a long day or a multi-day journey, and it is honest about being a calculation rather than a measured route.
The railhead this site treats as the nearest is Rishikesh, about 207 km from the temple town. Over a long distance the train is usually the calmest option: an overnight run from most big cities, then the last leg by bus, jeep, auto or cab.
The nearest airport is Jolly Grant, Dehradun, about 223 km away. Fly if the trip is short or the distance is long, then take a cab or a train for the rest. At a small airport the last departure of the day can be early, so plan the arrival side carefully.
Himalaya, seasonal. On a road trip the last stretch into the temple town is usually the slowest, and the hill and forest approaches can close in heavy monsoon rain or winter snow. Check the local road status the week you travel.
Rail. Rishikesh is the closest railhead, about 207 km by road to Gaurikund on Google Maps. Haridwar, the traditional starting point of the Char Dham yatra with more trains from Delhi, is about 231 km.
Air. Jolly Grant airport is about 223 km by road to Gaurikund on Google Maps. Helicopter shuttles for the last stretch fly from Guptkashi, Phata and Sersi and are booked only on heliyatra.irctc.co.in.
Road. By road Gaurikund is about 207 km from Rishikesh, 223 km from Jolly Grant and 231 km from Haridwar via Devprayag and Rudraprayag, typically six to eight hours on Google Maps.
Train numbers, days of running and flight schedules are not printed here: they change with each timetable. This block records the approach the source describes, and the straight-line figure above is the only distance on this page.
The straight-line estimate uses these approximate coordinates, which are the city centre to one decimal place. They are not survey points, and they are only for this calculation.
| City | Latitude | Longitude | This page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delhi | 28.6 | 77.2 | Delhi page |
| Mumbai | 19.1 | 72.9 | Mumbai page |
| Ahmedabad | 23.0 | 72.6 | Ahmedabad page |
| Kolkata | 22.6 | 88.4 | Kolkata page |
| Chennai | 13.1 | 80.3 | Chennai page |
| Bengaluru | 13.0 | 77.6 | Bengaluru page |
| Hyderabad | 17.4 | 78.5 | Hyderabad page |
| Lucknow | 26.8 | 81.0 | Lucknow page |
| Patna | 25.6 | 85.1 | Patna page |
| Pune | 18.5 | 73.9 | The estimate above |
| Nagpur | 21.1 | 79.1 | Nagpur page |
| Jaipur | 26.9 | 75.8 | Jaipur page |
The temple end uses the temple's map point in this site's data.
May to November, the window the temple committee gives is the comfortable window, and The shrine closes on the first day of Kartik and reopens in Vaishakh. The committee announces the exact dates each year, so treat any date you see elsewhere as last season's.. 16 km walk from Gaurikund, or pony, palanquin and helicopter. Decide the mode first, then the day: a train needs booking weeks ahead in festival season, a flight is flexible but the last leg is not, and the road is the one that the weather can change.