Haldwani to Lohaghat: Distance, Route and How to Reach
Haldwani to Lohaghat is 182 km by road, through Tanakpur and Champawat. Lohaghat stands at 1,754 m, 1,330 m above Haldwani.
Haldwani to Lohaghat in numbers
- By road
- 182 km, Haldwani to Lohaghat
- As the crow flies
- 58 km
- Through
- Tanakpur, Champawat
- Lohaghat stands at
- 1,754 m
- Nearest station
- Tanakpur, 88 km by road
- Nearest airport
- Pithoragarh Airport, 65 km by road
The weather now at Lohaghat, and the next 7 days
For the town's own height, 1,754 m, refreshed through the day. Highs and lows in °C; times IST. Lohaghat weather: 10 days and every month
Lohaghat1,754 m
11°CClear
Now, 19:02 IST · wind 5 km/h
- Clear11° 9°Dry
- Mostly clear20° 8°Dry
- Mostly clear20° 9°Dry
- Clear20° 8°Dry
- Clear20° 8°Dry
- Clear19° 8°Dry
- Clear20° 8°Dry
Forecast for 1,754 m, updated . Data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0); the daily figures are worked out by us.
The ways to go from Haldwani
| Way | How | Then |
|---|---|---|
| By car or taxi | 182 km by road through Tanakpur and Champawat | The whole way by road |
| By bus | Direct buses, listed below with their sources |
The road from Haldwani to Lohaghat, town by town
The road climbs from 424 m at Haldwani to 1,754 m at Lohaghat; the climb begins at Tanakpur, 96 km out, and the last 86 km are mountain road.
| Town | From Haldwani | Height |
|---|---|---|
| Sitarganj | 47 km | about 220 m |
| Tanakpur | 96 km | 255 m |
| Sukhidhang | 118 km | about 1,260 m |
| Chalthi | 132 km | about 660 m |
| Champawat | 166 km | 1,610 m |
| Lohaghat | 182 km | 1,754 m |
One temple stands beside this road: Baleshwar Temple, 168 km from Haldwani.
By bus or shared taxi
Buses
- UTC lists a Haldwani to Lohaghat ordinary bus at 5:00 AM, arriving 12:30 PM, via Sitarganj, Khatima, Tanakpur and Champawat. The return leaves Lohaghat at 8:30 AM and reaches Haldwani at 5:00 PM. Counter booking only. (utconline.uk.gov.in)
Bus times and fares change with the season: check with the operator on the day.
Good to know on this road
- Lohaghat has a second road to Haldwani through Devidhura, but the old Lohaghat depot bus on it was stopped. When rain closes the Lohaghat to Tanakpur highway, people take taxis via Devidhura, often at arbitrary fares. (amarujala.com, 6 Jul 2024)
- In Aug 2026 Amar Ujala reported danger zones at Santola and Singda in the Barakot area of the national highway, with some stretches narrowed to one vehicle at a time; work at Santola was waiting on a tender, and machines were kept at sensitive spots. (amarujala.com, 18 Aug 2026)
- The Champawat district site puts Lohaghat about 14 km from Champawat town and 62 km from Pithoragarh, on the Pithoragarh to Tanakpur road. (champawat.nic.in)
- On 21 Oct 2026 the Lohaghat depot ran 12 services, including four to Delhi, two to Dehradun, and buses to Gurugram, Faridabad, Paonta Sahib, Bareilly, Nainital and Haldwani, and added an extra bus to Tanakpur for the post Navratri rush to the plains. (amarujala.com, 21 Oct 2026)
- In Oct 2026 the Lohaghat depot had 27 buses on 13 routes (34 in June 2025) and needed 20 more. Routes to Kanpur, Chandigarh, Bareilly, Kashipur and Simalkhet had been off for a long time, and riders were paying two to three times the usual fare in private taxis. (amarujala.com, 12 Oct 2026)
Questions about Haldwani to Lohaghat
182 km by road from Haldwani to Lohaghat, measured on OpenStreetMap; the road runs through Tanakpur and Champawat. As the crow flies it is 58 km.
Tanakpur (TPU), 88 km by road to Lohaghat. From the station the rest is by road.
Pithoragarh Airport (NNS), 65 km by road to Lohaghat. Check the flights for your dates: the last stretch is always by road.
UTC lists a Haldwani to Lohaghat ordinary bus at 5:00 AM, arriving 12:30 PM, via Sitarganj, Khatima, Tanakpur and Champawat. The return leaves Lohaghat at 8:30 AM and reaches Haldwani at 5:00 PM. Counter booking only.
Lohaghat from other cities
From Haldwani to the other places on the road
How we made this page
The road is OpenStreetMap's, routed for a car by two public routers (OSRM and Valhalla), the shorter of the two kept; a town is on it when it lies within a few hundred metres of the line (a village) or 2.5 km (a town centre). Heights are the site's published figures, else a 90 m elevation model, shown as "about". Trains and flights are from the railway and airline timetables, buses and taxis from the operators and the news, each linked where it is used. No drive times: a router's times are plains times. If anything here is out of date, tell us on WhatsApp.
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