Tikona Fort
OSM hiking route Tikona Fort, Maharashtra (0.98 km line). partial — summit paths only. Vertical figures from the Wave I-6 GLO-30 resample. 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.
Conditions
Advisory — ⚠ Partial record — OSM line is summit paths only; the walk-in trailhead is missing from the relation.
OSM line (ODbL, rel 11855335) · 2026-09-21 · osm · provisional
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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Ingested from OpenStreetMap relation 11855335 (ODbL). The mapped line is that geometry. Distance, ascent, descent, and high/low points are the Wave I-6 evidence-sheet figures (adjudicated 2026-09-21). Name is the OSM relation name (Tikona Fort); no tag=* shield. Member ways are untagged for sac_scale; SAC stays ungraded.
OSM 2D length is 0.98 km (OSM line, ODbL, relation 11855335, lastVerified 2026-09-21). Provisional — OSM line, no cited itinerary. ⚠ Partial — OSM line is summit paths only; the trailhead is missing from the relation. ⚠ secondary: Vedaksh Villa — 2.5 km one-way (5 km round-trip) (https://www.vedakshvilla.com/post/tikona-fort-lonavala-trekking-travel-guide, accessed 2026-09-21). ~2.5 km one-way (5 km round-trip). Cited walk-in is not this DataPoint. The published DataPoint is the evidence-sheet 0.98 km for relation 11855335.
typicalDays 1 is Math.max(1, Math.round(lengthKm/12)), a placeholder. Days are unknown on the evidence sheet and stay provisional.
High 1,009 m is Copernicus GLO-30 (lastVerified 2026-09-21), verified on the walked OSM line. Low 822 m is the same DEM resample, verified. Ascent 244 m / descent 161 m remain provisional DEM. ⚠ secondary: Vedaksh Villa — 1070 m (https://www.vedakshvilla.com/post/tikona-fort-lonavala-trekking-travel-guide, accessed 2026-09-21). about 1,070 meters. Fort summit elevation is a landmark, never this trail high point.
Permit is Unverified (not sourced from OSM or an official tariff; evidence sheet 2026-09-21). Confirm officially before travel. Maharashtra hill forts are widely described as ASI/free; do not assert a permit. ⚠ secondary: Vedaksh Villa — Monsoon & winter (https://www.vedakshvilla.com/post/tikona-fort-lonavala-trekking-travel-guide, accessed 2026-09-21). Monsoon lush; pleasant in winter. Season stays unverified on the record. 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, 2026-09-21). Confirm officially before travel. Maharashtra hill forts are widely described as ASI/free; do not assert a permit.
Getting there
No sourced gateway chain yet.
Trailheads
- OSM line start car-free: unknown
- OSM line end car-free: unknown
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Hazards
Questions
Do I need a permit for Tikona Fort?
Permit status is unverified for Tikona Fort. This desk does not assert that a walking permit is or is not required.
How difficult is Tikona Fort?
Tikona Fort is graded SAC T2 (mapped — no official SAC grade) · YDS 1.
How long is Tikona Fort?
The length on this record is 0.98 km (provisional). Published figures may differ. See /guides/how-long-is-the-trail
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