Needle Rock View Point is a tourist spot in Gudalur

Gudalur

Gudalur may refer to:towns in Tamil Nadu* Gudalur * Gudalur * Gudalur...

, The Nilgiris

The Nilgiris District

The Nilgiris District is in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Nilgiri is also the name given to a range of mountains spread across the states of Tamilnadu as well as Karnataka and Kerala. The Nilgiri Hills are part of a larger mountain chain known as the Western Ghats...

, Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

. Where the Gudalur is located 51 km on the west of Ooty and the Needle Rock viewpoint is about 8 km from Gudalur on the way of Gudalur-Ooty road. The view point gives you a 360 degree view. The view point is also known as Soochimalai and gets its name from its conical shape.

About View Point

From the viewpoint sunset can be seen in clear days and during rainy seasons the place is often covered with mist. The sunset seen from here on clear day is guaranteed to take your breath away.The views of Needle Rock View Point is given below:

• A panoramic view of the Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary.
• A view of Gudalur town, far below is a visual treat from this view point.
• A view of Bandipur
  Bandipur
  Bandipur is a hilltop settlement in Tanahu District, of Nepal. Because of its preserved, old time cultural atmosphere, Bandipur has increasingly been coming to the attention of tourism...
  
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• A panoramic view of parts of Mysore.
• A view of part of Kerala
  Kerala
  or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
  
  , On the other side viewpoint.
• The splendid view of mountain popularly known as 'Sleeping Beauty
  Sleeping Beauty
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  '(also called Aanakkallu) which is exactly in the shape of a sleeping woman.
• A view of Nilgiris and Wayanad district
  Wayanad District
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• There are a lot Eucalyptus trees near the view point.
• A view of frog shape of the hill.

See also

• Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary
• Gudalur
  Gudalur (Nilgiris district)
  Gudalur , , , is a panchayat town and taluk in Nilgiris district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is said that Gudalur gets its name from Koodal + uru, meaning the Meeting Place.-Overview:...
  
  
• Pykara
  Pykara
  Pykara is a river located 19 km from Ooty in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The Pykara is considered very sacred by the Todas. The Pykara river rises at Mukurthi peak. It passes through hilly tract, generally keeping to North and turns to West after reaching the Plateau's edge...