Queen of Hill Station, Ooty is home to breathtaking Natural beauty amidst in verdant Nilgiri Hills. Ooty is perfect summer retreat for visited and so visited by huge number of people every year. Some of the major landmarks of Ooty are mentioned below:

Gardens and Parks - Government Rose garden is India’s largest rose garden situated on the slopes of the Elk Hill in Vijayanagaram of Ooty. This garden houses collection of more than 20,000 varieties of roses of 2,800 cultivars. The collection include hybrid tea roses, Miniature Roses, Polyanthas, Papagena, Floribunda, Ramblers, Yakimour and roses of unusual colours like black and green. Botanical garden laids its foundation on 1847 and spread over on massive area of 22 acres of land. It has large number of species, both exotic and indigenous, of plants, shrubs, ferns, trees, herbal and bonsai plants. The garden has a 20-million-year-old fossilised tree. Deer Park is home to number of species of deer and animals. It is considered as one of the high altitude Zoos in India.

Lakes and Dams - Pykara River is considered as very holy to Todas, it is rises at Mukurthi peak and passes through hilly tract, generally keeping to North and turns to West after reaching the Plateau's edge and flows through a series of cascades. It has boast house and dam which adds more beauty to it. Kamaraj Sagar Dam is located 10 km away from Ooty and it is magnificent picnic spot. Emerald Lake, Avalanche Lake and Porthimund Lake are other lakes in the region which contribute equally in Ooty’s beauty.

Reserve Forest - Mudumalai National Park & tiger Reserve are set in Nilgiri hills with many species such as endangered Indian elephants, vulnerable gaur, chita and others. Mukurthi National Park is a 78.46 square km protected area located in the south-eastern corner of the Nilgiris Plateau west of Ooty. The park was created to protect its keystone species, the Nilgiri tahr.

Museum - The Tribal Museum is part of the campus of Tribal Research Centre which is in Muthorai Palada. It is home to rare artefacts and photographs of tribal groups of Tamil Nadu as well as Andaman and Nicobar Islands and anthropological and archaeological primitive human culture and heritage.

Historical Buildings - Stone House is the first bungalow constructed in Ooty. It was built by John Sullivan and was called as Kal Bangala by the tribals St. Stephen's Church is located on the road to Mysore in Ooty, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the oldest churches in the Nilgiris district. The church dates back to the 19th century.