Ahmedabad to Bhimashankar, distance and route

About 450 km in a straight line from Ahmedabad to Bhimashankar in Pune district. 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 Pune Jn, a flight into Pune, or the road.

Straight line
450 km
Railhead
Pune Jn
Airport
Pune
Season
Oct to Mar

The straight-line distance, and what it is not

The number is about 450 km, measured on the globe between Ahmedabad 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 Ahmedabadto Bhimashankar is a long day or a multi-day journey, and it is honest about being a calculation rather than a measured route.

Real road distances for this pair are not typed in yet.Data check pending

Routes to Bhimashankar from Ahmedabad

Train via Pune Jn

The railhead this site treats as the nearest is Pune Jn, and its road distance from the temple town is still unchecked, so no figure is printed here. 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.

Flight via Pune

The nearest airport this site treats is Pune, and its road distance from the temple is still unchecked, so no figure is printed here. 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.

Road

Hill road, wildlife sanctuary. 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.

What Bhimashankar's own source says about coming from a city

Rail. Maharashtra Tourism gives Karjat as the closest railway station, about 65 km away, with a local taxi or bus from there for the rest.

Air. The state page gives Pune airport at 125 km and says travellers can hire private taxis or take state-run buses from Pune to the temple.

Road. The state page gives Bhimashankar 223 km from Mumbai, 125 km from Pune and 230 km from Nashik, and notes a trek route in from Khandas village for walkers.

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.

Where this came from

Approximate city coordinates used here

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.

Approximate coordinates of the origin cities used for the straight-line estimate
CityLatitudeLongitudeThis page
Delhi28.677.2Delhi page
Mumbai19.172.9Mumbai page
Ahmedabad23.072.6The estimate above
Kolkata22.688.4Kolkata page
Chennai13.180.3Chennai page
Bengaluru13.077.6Bengaluru page
Hyderabad17.478.5Hyderabad page
Lucknow26.881.0Lucknow page
Patna25.685.1Patna page
Pune18.573.9Pune page
Nagpur21.179.1Nagpur page
Jaipur26.975.8Jaipur page

The temple end uses the coordinates in the site's temple data, which are still placeholder.Data check pending

Before you book the travel

Oct to Mar is the comfortable window, and Open all year. The last 30 km is a winding ghat road. 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.

Plan the rest of Bhimashankar