About 300 km in a straight line from Delhi 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 300 km, measured on the globe between Delhi 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 Delhito Kedarnath 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
The railhead this site treats as the nearest is Rishikesh, about 228 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 248 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.
Delhi is one of the cities the source names as connected to Kedarnath.
Rail. The committee calls Haridwar the traditional starting point of the Char Dham yatra, and says it is easily accessible by road and train from other parts of India including Delhi.
Air. The committee says Dehradun has an airport and is reached by road from Haridwar, so a pilgrim can fly to Dehradun from Delhi and other cities and drive on. It links the IRCTC helicopter booking for the last stretch.
Road. The committee describes the road from Haridwar to Rishikesh and on into the hills, with the temple season deciding the whole trip.
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 | The estimate above |
| 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 | Pune page |
| Nagpur | 21.1 | 79.1 | Nagpur page |
| Jaipur | 26.9 | 75.8 | Jaipur page |
The temple end uses the coordinates in the site's temple data, which are still placeholder.Data check pending
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.