Shukratal

Vahelna

Balaji Dham

Muzaffarnagar offer a variety of excursions for the visitor ranging from treks, picnic spots to sightseeing. Due to its excellent location, Muzaffarnagar is a unique vantage point.

Some of the popular excursions in and around town include :

Shukratal

It is a well known religious place in Muzaffarnagar just 40 mins from city centre. It hosts sky high statues of Lord Hanuman, Lord Ganesha, Lord Shiva and Goddess Durga. It is famous for thousands of years old Vat Vraksha (tree) associated with times of Mahabharata. This tree has great mythological importance and is said to be immortal. Every year lakhs of devotees come to do parikrama (circling the perimeter of tree on foot) of this ancient tree. Shukratal is also referred to as mini-Haridwar as the river Ganges passes thru it flowing straight from Haridwar..

Vahelna

4 km from the city - is a holy site for Jains. Vahelna is an excellent example of Hindu-Muslim brotherhood as the walls of Mosque, Shiv Mandir and Jain Mandir touch each other.

Balaji Dham

(an avatar of Lord Hanuman), aka Balaji Temple, is also famous; it is situated in 'New Mandi' area of Muzaffarnagar. A Bhandaara is also organised here daily at 2.00 PM.

Shiv Chowk

Shiv Chowk,Located in the heart of city, it is a famous worship place and is located on GT Road. Over 300 thousand kawariyas perform parikrama of the Holy temple on the occasion of Shiv Ratri.

Sai Dham

Sai Dham is located on the railway road.

Bhairo Ka Mandir

The Bhairo Temple, looked after by the Paliwal Family of Brahmins, is situated in the heart of the city on Ansari Road. It is a very quiet and spiritual place to spend some time, as very few people visit this temple. It is most visited during festival season. This temple is of special significance because it contains Ekadash Shivalinga (eleven Shivlingas).

Ganpati Dham

it is situated in 'New Mandi' area of Muzaffarnagar.

Shani Dham

it is situated on the Muzaffarnagar-Shamli Highway.On every saturday huge crowd there can be seen.

Sanskirtan Bhawan

popularly known as Kirtan Bhawan, is also very famous. It is situated in most prime residential area of New Mandi. A Kirtan (singing of Bhajans in praise of Lord) is conducted daily in evening here. The temple got it's name on this daily activity. It is the only temple in 5 districts nearby to have a statue of Lord Tirupati Balaji (an avatar of Lord Vishnu) in accordance with Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), Tirumala, Andhra Pradesh. A Bhandaara (free distribution of food as Lord's prasada) is being organised at this temple's "Anna Shetra"(Food Area) daily at 12.00 noon. More than 1,00,000 poor people are being served annually here. It was started by well known philanthropist & businessman of his time Late Giani Ram Gupta in 1979 out of his own funds but by Lord's blessing very soon the initiative received heavy donations and today it supports similar initiatives in areas nearby.

Shakumbhri Devi

Shakumbhari Devi Temple is an ancient shrine that is visited by numerous pilgrims round the year. This temple is dedicated to Goddess Shakumbhari (a form of Durga) This revered shrine is located in Jasmour village, which lies at a distance of 110 kms in the north of Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh).

Haridwar

Haridwar is 70 kms from the city.