Free places to visit near Bengaluru
18 free places near Bengaluru, from Ulsoor Lake (3 km) to Malpe Beach (400 km). Every place below has its own page with timings, fees, the best season to go and how to get there.
The list includes 7 lakes, 4 waterfalls, 2 city parks. Distances are road kilometres from Bengaluru.
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Cubbon Park
City Parks · Bengaluru Urban
Sri Chamarajendra Park, better known as Cubbon Park: about 300 acres of greenery in central Bengaluru, laid out in 1870. It has over 6,000 trees and holds the State…
Free entry
Ulsoor Lake
3 km from Bengaluru
Lakes
A lake of about 50 hectares in Halasuru, near MG Road in central Bengaluru, with several small islands. The present lake was created by Lewin Bentham Bowring, then…
Free entry
Kempambudhi Lake
4 km from Bengaluru
Lakes
A lake of about 47 acres behind Jinke Park in Chamarajpet, built in the 16th century by Kempe Gowda I and named for his family deity Kempamma. It is managed by the city…
Free entry
Sankey Tank
5 km from Bengaluru
Lakes
A 37-acre tank in Malleshwaram, built in 1882 by Colonel Richard Hieram Sankey of the Royal Engineers to secure Bangalore's water supply after the Great Famine of…
Free entry
ISKCON Temple Bangalore
6 km from Bengaluru
Temples
The ISKCON Sri Radha Krishna Temple on Hare Krishna Hill, Chord Road, Rajajinagar. Entry is free, with darshan in the early morning, through the late morning and in the…
Free entry
Hebbal Lake
10 km from Bengaluru
Lakes · Bengaluru Urban
A lake of about 57 hectares in north Bengaluru near the Bellary Road–Outer Ring Road junction, dating to the 16th century (1537). Two artificial islands are roosts for…
Best season: October to March for migratory birds · Free entry
Jayaprakash Narayan Biodiversity Park
11 km from Bengaluru
City Parks · Bengaluru Urban
Jayaprakash Narayan Biodiversity Park (JP Park) in Mathikere, north-west Bengaluru, a large park with four lakes, a nature house, an open-air theatre and an exhibition…
Free entry
Hennur Lake
15 km from Bengaluru
Lakes
A lake with a biodiversity park in Nagawara, north-east Bengaluru, with a 1.2 km walking track, about 1,800 native trees, a children's play area and a medicinal plant…
Free entry
Hesaraghatta Falls
29 km from Bengaluru
Waterfalls
A small seasonal cascade near the Hesaraghatta reservoir, about 29 km from Bengaluru. It flows only in the peak monsoon months and is dry for the rest of the year.
Best season: July to September (monsoon only) · Free entry
Hesaraghatta Lake
29 km from Bengaluru
Lakes · Bengaluru Urban
A reservoir built in 1894 across the Arkavathy River to supply drinking water to Bengaluru, on the city's north-west edge. It lies within the Hesaraghatta Grasslands…
Free entry
Big Banyan Tree
30 km from Bengaluru
Offbeat · Bengaluru Urban
A banyan tree more than 400 years old at Kettohalli, off the Bengaluru–Mysuru Road, whose prop roots spread over about 3 acres. The main trunk died of disease around…
Free entry
Kanva Reservoir
60 km from Bengaluru
Lakes · Bengaluru South
A reservoir formed by a dam on the Kanva River, built from 1946 for irrigation and drinking water, in Channapatna taluk. It is a known birdwatching spot, about 60–70 km…
Free entry
Huliyurdurga Fort
80 km from Bengaluru
Hills & Trekking · Tumakuru
A rocky trekking hill in Tumakuru district, about 90 km from Bengaluru. The trail starts near Huliyurdurga village, a few minutes' walk from the town centre; there are…
Free entry
Madhugiri Fort
110 km from Bengaluru
Hills & Trekking · Tumakuru
Asia's second-largest monolithic rock, about 110 km from Bengaluru in Tumkur district, with the ruins of Madhugiri Fort climbing up its face. The upper half is steep,…
Free entry
Balmuri & Edmuri Falls
175 km from Bengaluru
Waterfalls
Small cascades formed by a check dam across the Kaveri near Srirangapatna, on the way to the KRS dam about 15 km from Mysuru. Edmuri lies about 500 m east of Balmuri;…
Free entry
Mallalli Falls
250 km from Bengaluru
Waterfalls · Kodagu
A waterfall on the Kumaradhara river in the foothills of the Pushpagiri hills, Somwarpet taluk of Kodagu, dropping about 200 feet. It is reached by a short drive and a…
Best season: June to September (nearly dry in summer) · Free entry
Jhari Falls
267 km from Bengaluru
Waterfalls · Chikkamagaluru
Also called Buttermilk Falls, a waterfall on the slopes of the Baba Budangiri range in Chikkamagaluru district, named for its broad white sheet of water. The last…
Free entry
Malpe Beach
400 km from Bengaluru
Beach · Udupi
A beach at Malpe village, about 6 km from Udupi town, with a 450 m sea walk, a floating bridge and water sports such as jet skis, parasailing and kayaking. The ferry to…
Best season: October to January (February–March also good) · Free entry
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