| Bisle | |
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| Country | India |
| State | Karnataka |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
Bisle is a small village in the heart of south-western India's Western Ghats. The village is located in Hassan District's Sakleshpur (Sakaleshpura) Taluk.
It adjoins Bisle reserve forest, which has some of India's most spectacular rain forests.
Around 5 km from Bisle towards Kukke Subramanya there is beauty spot of Bisle called Bisle Betta or Bisle View Point, from here one can see the mountain ranges of 3 districts: Kumara Parvatha (1319 m) of Dakshina Kannada district, Puspha Giri (1712 m) and Dodda Betta (1119 m) of Coorg district and Patta Betta (1112 m) and Enni Kallu (900 m) of Hassan district. The highlight of this point is that the view has a valley, with Giri River separating the beauty point and these mountain ranges. The forest department has erected a shelter here to sit and enjoy the view.
| Bisle reserve forest | |
| — village — | |
| Coordinates | |
| Country | India |
| State | Karnataka |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
Bisle reserve forest, India's Western Ghats, is in a rainforest area.
It is located in Hassan District's Sakleshpur (Sakaleshpura) Taluk. Bisle village adjoins this forest to the east. To the north it is contiguous with Kempuhole Reserve forest. To the south it merges with Pushpagiri Wildlife Sanctuary of Kodagu district. To the west is the Kukke Subramanya forest range.
The thick forest is home of king cobras, tigers (rarely seen), kadave (a kind of deer), peacocks, numerous species of birds, deer, brown fox and Mahasheer fish, not to mention a number of flora and fauna which can only be found in this region of Western Ghats.