Nainital
is a popular hill station in the Indian state of Uttrakhand
in the Kumaon foothills of the outer Himalayas.
Situated at an altitude of 2,084 meters above sea level, Nainital is set in a valley
containing a eye-shaped lake, approximately two miles in circumference, and
surrounded by mountains, of which the highest are Naina or China Peak (2,615 m) on the north, Deopatha (2,438 m) on the west, and Ayarpatha (2,278 m) on the south. From the tops of the higher peaks,
"magnificent views can be obtained of the vast plain to the south, or of
the mass of tangled ridges lying north, bounded by the great snowy range which
forms the central axis of the Himalayas".
