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[[Image:Irshal gad pinnacle.jpg|thumb|Irshalgad pinnacle]]<br />
[[File:Irshalgad plateau and pinnacle.jpg|thumb|Irshalgad plateau and pinnacle as seen on a monsoon day from just before Irshalwadi village]]<br />
'''Irshalgad''' is a fortress located between [[Matheran]] and [[Panvel]] in [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. It is a sister fort to [[Prabalgad]]. The area of the fort is not large but there are several water cisterns cut from the rock. The nearest village is Irshalwadi.<ref>{{cite web |title=Giridarshan Trekking |url=https://www.giridarshan.com/forts/Irshalgad/Irshalgad2.html |access-date=2009-09-07}}</ref><br />
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==Trekking to Irshalgad==<br />
Irshalgad is 6.5&nbsp;km out and back trek located near Chauk railway station.<ref>{{cite web|author1=inditramp|title=Monsoon day trek to Irshalgad pinnacle|url=https://www.wikiloc.com/hiking-trails/monsoon-day-trek-to-irshalgad-pinnacle-10323446|website=www.wikiloc.com/|access-date=27 July 2020}}</ref> Irshalgad pinnacle is an easy to moderate difficulty which takes 2 hour to ascend and 1.5 hour to descend. The road head, if travelling by your own vehicle is Nanivali village near Chowk town. Chowk town lies on NH4 that connects Panvel with Karjat. Chowk also has a train station (Station code [https://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/chowk-chok/9780 CHOK]). ([https://indiarailinfo.com/train/timetable/bhusaval-pune-express-11025-bsl-to-chok/1275/208/9780 Pune - Bhusaval express]) stops at Chowk train station. From Chowk, Nanivali village (the starting point of this trek) is a comfortable 2.3 kilometres walk. From Nanivali village you follow a wide well defined path till Irshalwadi village. The path climbs a steep ridge and then tapers to an easy ascend till Irshalwadi. From Irshalwadi village head towards a temple dedicated to a local deity and access the Irshalgad plateau via a west–east axis. The trek is child friendly till the pinnacle base.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Bharat Singh Bhadwal|title=Irshalgad near Mumbai (Maharashtra) monsoon trek|url=https://inditramp.com/trekking/Irshalgad-Pinnacle-Monsoon-Trek.html|website=www.inditramp.com|access-date=27 July 2020|archive-date=31 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331082230/https://www.inditramp.com/trekking/Irshalgad-Pinnacle-Monsoon-Trek.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Nevertheless, there have been numerous fatalities while climbing the pinnacle.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Parida|first=Umesh K|date= December 31, 2018|title=Kalyan trekker falls off fort cliff, dies|work=The Times Of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/navi-mumbai/kalyan-trekker-falls-off-fort-cliff-dies/articleshow/67316373.cms|access-date=July 29, 2020}}</ref><br />
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