Mukeshpuri

Mukshpuri
Mukshpuri
Mountain
	Snowy Mountains of Mukshpuri
	Mukshpuri Mukshpuri
	Coordinates: 34°04′N 73°23′E / 34.067°N 73.383°E
Country	Pakistan
Province	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District	Abbottabad District

Mukshhpuri (مکیشپوری ) is a 2,800-metre-high (9,200 ft) mountain in the Nathia Gali Hills, in the Abbottabad District of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northern Pakistan. It is 90 kilometres (56 mi) north of Islamabad, just above Dunga Gali in the Nathia Gali area of Ayubia National Park. It is the second highest peak in the Galyat Region after Miranjani which is located at 2,992 metres (9,816 ft).^[1] Much of it the mountain is covered with Western Himalayan subalpine conifer forests.^[2]

The peak

The route from Nathia Gali on western side of mountain is a steady and 4-kilometre-long (2.5 mi) climb. The mountain also has a route on the Dunga Gali side, with a steeper slope. There is a bird sanctuary on this side created with the help of the European Union.

From the top of Mukeshpuri peak, on the eastern edge of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the following areas can be seen: — Circle Bakote, Jhelum River, the Bagh District of Azad Kashmir, in the south the city of Murree and the Murree Tehsil, as well as Islamabad.^[3]