Ghargad

Ghargad, also called Gadgada Fort, is a fort in Nashik district some 145 km from Mumbai. Few visitors come here, and the climb is a demanding one. Its history is thinly recorded: it gave itself up to the British straight after Trimbakgad fell, Captain Briggs taking it in 1818, and it stayed in British hands until independence.

The trek begins on a hillock north of the base village, Gadgad Sangvi, 16 km from the town of Ghoti, and follows a narrow, bushy and treeless path to reach the gate in about an hour. Two gates mark the way in, and the top has a rock-cut cistern and a cave. Seeing everything on the fort takes about another hour.