How far is The Mount Valley from Kathgodam railway station?

750 metres, about an 11-minute walk on level ground via NH 109 and Canal Road. Kathgodam is the terminus for every train into Kumaon.

Is there a swimming pool or a gym?

No. There is no pool and no gym. Some listings show amenity chips claiming otherwise; they are wrong. It is a small owner-run hotel, not a resort.

No. Pets are not permitted, despite one listing suggesting otherwise.

Is it a five-star hotel?

No. The gold stars on one booking platform are supplied by the property itself, as that platform states in its own small print, and are not a Government of India Ministry of Tourism classification. It is an independent hotel at the lower-middle of the market.

Are unmarried couples allowed, and are local IDs accepted?

Yes to both. Accepted ID: passport, Aadhaar, driving licence or any government ID. The primary guest must be 18 or over.

Can you see the lakes at Nainital or Bhimtal from the hotel?

No. The rooftop terrace faces the direction of Nainital and Bhimtal, but they are 38 and 24 kilometres away with ridgelines in between and are not visible. Rooms have mountain and valley views. Listings claiming a lake or sea view are in error.

Is The Mount Valley a good base for Kainchi Dham?

It is a base, not a neighbour: Kainchi Dham is 38 to 43 km and about an hour forty by road. Staying in Kathgodam means a quieter, cheaper base on the flat, with the hotel arranging the car up in the morning.

Kathgodam · Uttarakhand · 554 m

Eleven minutes
from the last train

Every train into Kumaon terminates seven hundred and fifty metres from this door. Arrive, sleep, eat, and drive up at first light.

+91 97608 49662 See the rooms

750m

to the platform, on foot · the four turns

4.8

from 542 Google reviews

₹2,400

from, per night, room only

A flat plain of fields and trees, a railway line running straight across it to the foot of a steep forested ridge.

The shape of the place

Flat all the way from Delhi. Steep from the first bend.

A guest room with a teal runner across the bed, a blue marble floor and a lit cove in the ceiling.

The brass room-key fob, stamped THE MOUNT VALLEY KATHGODAM.

Welcome

A family hotel on the last flat ground

Kathgodam is where the railway stops and the hills begin. This is the last flat ground before either — a house run by the family who own it, Rohit Gupta and his brother, with a kitchen they cook themselves, a lift, and a desk still staffed when the last train comes in. There is no booking engine and there never has been. You telephone, and the owner answers.

The three rooms

The rooms

Three rooms, and one worth paying up for

Non-AC Deluxe

₹2,400from

110 sq ft · 10 m² · sleeps 2 · ceiling fan · valley view

AC Deluxe

₹2,900from

116 sq ft · 11 m² · sleeps 2 · air conditioned · valley view

Mountain View

₹3,500from

176 sq ft · 16 m² · sleeps 2 · heater · hill view

110

110 sq ftNon-AC Deluxe

116

116 sq ftAC Deluxe

176

176 sq ftMountain View

Each square is its room’s floor area, drawn on one scale.

All three rooms in full

In the morning

The road up starts where the rails stop

The morning after is the climb: out of the plain, into chir pine, and up a road of hairpin bends.

Two rails ending at old iron buffer stops, a forested hill rising straight behind them. — 01The rails stop

Low morning sun through tall chir pines on a steep slope. — 02Then pine

An empty road of tight hairpin bends climbing a forested hillside above a hazy valley. — 03Then the bends

Where the road goes

The house

The things that do not change

The lift on a guest floor, its indicator showing the third.

The covered parking floor, with a chequerboard tile floor.

A guest-floor corridor, looking towards the window at its end.

A lift

Uncommon at this size and this rate, and the first thing anyone carrying a suitcase notices.
Free private parking

On site, off the road, and included. If you are driving up tomorrow the car sleeps here tonight.
Power backup, and free Wi‑Fi

The supply here is not always steady; the backup is why that is our problem rather than yours. The Wi‑Fi costs nothing.

What guests say

4.8

out of 5
542 Google reviews
as of 31 August 2026

What guests mention most: a clean room, and polite staff

Rohit runs it with his brother, cooks, and answers reviews, typically within days.

Most-mentioned in reviews
Clean room		32
Polite staff		26
Staff behaviour		20
Cooperative owner		13
Location near railway station		11
Hygiene		9
Humble staff		4
Clean washroom		3
Comfortable bed		2

The RECEPTION sign at the foot of the stairs, with the lift beyond.

To book

Telephone the hotel

Booking direct spares the hotel the fifteen to twenty per cent the travel sites take, so ask for the direct rate; it can be negotiated. There is no booking engine on this site, and that is deliberate.

+91 97608 49662

Or the second line, +91 82087 00782

Reception staffed past midnight

Directions Rooms & rates Getting here

Eleven minutesfrom the last train