Parsik Hill

Parsik Hill is a hill in the Mumbai metropolitan area, in the Thane district of Maharashtra, India.

The hill has 10 feet (3.0 m) wide ridge that runs 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north and south, paralleling the railway lines. The hill is approximately 15 square kilometers area of reserved forests, crossing into sections of both Thane and the north side of Navi Mumbai, where quarrying has removed the trees from the hill.
In 1985, the highest peak rose to 235 metres (771 ft).

Parsik's steep, scrub grassland hills have featured in some Bollywood movies.

It has been a favorite area for hikers and, since the 1960s, for rock climbers.

Courses began to be conducted at Parsik Hills, having had a reputation as "some of the most interesting and convenient area for rock climbing", from the 1960s to 1980s by Darjeeling Sherpa instructors. One of the noted instructors was Nawang Gombu. Rock climbers can complete advanced climbs in one half to one day.

The area, most enjoyable in the winter or monsoon season, must be accessed by cutting through groups of illegal shanties, or hutments, that occupy the hill.