Places to visit near

Chauk

Chauk is a town in Magway district, Myanmar of about 90,870 people. Within 50 km by road there are 152 places to visit: 62 forts & heritage, 34 hill stations & viewpoints and 32 buddhist sites. The must-see places are Lawkananda Paya - A Big Golden Stupa, Abeyadana Pahto and Dhamma Ya Zi Ka Pagoda.

20.8992° N, 94.8178° EPop. 90,870

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Within 30 km29 places
Within 50 km152
Must-see26
Notable143
Best timeOctober to February

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One day from Chauk

5 stops, one loop, back by 3:29 pm

109 km on the road, in driving order so you don’t double back. Times assume an 8 am start and typical visit lengths.

  1. Leave Chauk
  2. Man Buddha TempleBuddhist site · 1 hrs
  3. Lawkananda Paya - A Big Golden Stupastupa · 1 hrs
  4. Minga Lar Zeditemple · 45 min
  5. Dhamma Ya Zi Ka PagodaBuddhist site · 1 hrs
  6. Tuyin Taung PagodaBuddhist site · 1 hrs
  7. Back in Chauk
Today’s loopChaukStopStraight lines between stops — distances are road estimates
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Questions people ask

What are the best places to visit near Chauk?

Tha Khin Phoe La Gyi (heritage site, about 1 km), ကျောက်လုံးလေး (viewpoint, about 1 km), ဦးသိန်းဘုရား တန်ဆောင်း (heritage site, about 3 km), Township Governor House (British Era) (heritage site, about 3 km), ရွှေမင်းဝံစေတီတော် (Buddhist site, about 3 km), Lawkananda Paya - A Big Golden Stupa (stupa, about 32 km).

How many tourist places are there within 50 km of Chauk?

152 places on Spotwander: 62 forts & heritage, 34 hill stations & viewpoints, 32 buddhist sites, 12 temples, 4 caves.

Which is the nearest fort to Chauk?

Tha Khin Phoe La Gyi, about 1 km by road; ဦးသိန်းဘုရား တန်ဆောင်း (3 km) is next.

Which is the nearest viewpoint to Chauk?

ကျောက်လုံးလေး, about 1 km by road; အေနာက္အံုရြာ (27 km) is next.

What is a good one-day trip from Chauk?

Start in Chauk, visit Man Buddha Temple, then Lawkananda Paya - A Big Golden Stupa, then Minga Lar Zedi, then Dhamma Ya Zi Ka Pagoda, then Tuyin Taung Pagoda, and drive back — about 109 km by road in all.

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