Harishchandragad
Curated schematic — not walking distance. Pin-to-pin OSM named-waypoint line Khireshwar → Harishchandragad Fort → Kokankada. No asserted itinerary kilometre. High 1,349 m is the sheet DEM at the fort node. Days unknown.
Byline
- The Hiking World editorial · author
Desk byline for seed records. Named surveying editors replace this once a trail is verified.
Figures marked provisional are seed data and still need verification. Source and last-checked date sit under each cited value.
Editorial v1 · Provisional catalog
- SAC T2 (mapped — no official SAC grade)
- Mountain hiking. Continuous trail, some steep ground, sure-footedness helpful.
- YDS Class 1
- Class 1. Walking on an established path; low fall risk.
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Curated schematic from named OpenStreetMap nodes (ODbL). The line is pin-to-pin, not a surveyed walking path. 2-D length is labelled schematic — not walking distance. Do not treat it as an itinerary kilometre. Ascent and descent are Copernicus GLO-30 samples at those three pins only, not a walking profile, and remain provisional.
Hiking relations 18560168 / 15551943 / 18560162 were deleted from OSM (HTTP 410) and were not ingested. Pins: Khireshwar (10720685415) → Harishchandragad Fort (6832109365) → Kokankada (9197143308, Konkan Kada viewpoint). The stored 5.3 km is pin-to-pin schematic. osmRelationId is unset. Never graduate without a connected OSM hiking relation.
Pachnai (10720685411) is an alternate trailhead, not this pin line (Khireshwar and Pachnai are alternative starts, not sequential). Junnar Darwaza is OSM path way 864984586, not a named node, and was not used as a pin.
typicalDays 1 is Math.max(1, Math.round(lengthKm/12)), a placeholder. Days are unknown on the evidence sheet and stay provisional.
High 1,349 m is Copernicus GLO-30 at fort node 6832109365 (lastVerified 2026-09-19). Wikipedia cites 1,422 m (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harishchandragad, accessed 2026-09-19, CC BY-SA) as the summit landmark, not this DataPoint. Low 692 m is Copernicus GLO-30 at the Khireshwar pin (lastVerified 2026-09-19); the evidence sheet listed 1,349 m for both high and low because Grok class was summit-node. Ascent 670 m / descent 156 m are pin-sample DEM on the schematic, not a walking profile.
Permit is Unverified (not sourced from OSM or an official tariff; evidence sheet 2026-09-19). Confirm officially before travel. Maharashtra hill forts are widely described as ASI/free; do not assert a permit. Season is unknown. Water was not mapped to named WaterSource points.
Water
No water sources recorded.
Permits & fees
Permit status is unverified. Permit was not sourced from OSM or an official tariff this pass (evidence sheet Unverified, 2026-09-19). Confirm officially before travel. Maharashtra hill forts are widely described as ASI/free; do not assert a permit. Deleted OSM relations 18560168, 15551943, and 18560162 (HTTP 410) were not ingested.
Getting there
No sourced gateway chain yet.
Trailheads
- Khireshwar (schematic start) car-free: unknown
- Pachnai (alternate trailhead; not on this pin line) car-free: unknown
- Kokankada (schematic end) car-free: unknown
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Hazards
Questions
Do I need a permit for Harishchandragad?
Permit status is unverified for Harishchandragad. This desk does not assert that a walking permit is or is not required.
How difficult is Harishchandragad?
Harishchandragad is graded SAC T2 (mapped — no official SAC grade) · YDS 1.
How long is Harishchandragad?
This figure is 5.3 km (provisional): a schematic straight-line estimate between waypoints — not a measured walking distance; published figures are the better guide. See /guides/how-long-is-the-trail
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