It is surrounded by forests of deodar and pine. Shimla is full of pine and deodar trees. It is a ridge blanked with thick cover of Chir pine, Deodar and shrubs. It is a ridge flanked with thick CHIR, DEODAR and SHRUBS. It is densely covered with Deodar and Fir forest. The area is home to deodar and pine forests. Kishtwar is endowed with dense forests of deodar, pine and fir. The city has a number of picnic spots surrounded by deodar forests, viz. Deodar Forests are forests dominated by "Cedru"s "deodara" also known as Deodar Cedars. Pines are at lower elevations than deodar and fir, true to form. Trees of oak, pine, apple and deodar can be easily seen here. The errand across Kandoliya-Tekka stretch along evergreen deodar trees is worth walking. Hindu sages used to reside and perform meditation in deodar forests to please Lord Shiva. To the west it backs on to offices on Deodar Road, Putney. Binsar Mahadev Temple is situated amidst beautiful pine and deodar trees.