Cluster · Dhaka
Lalbagh Fort
Morning cluster: the Mughal-era fort with lawns, a mosque and a tomb; calmer than the streets around it; 90 minutes.
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Bound and physics
Lalbagh Fort and the lanes around its gates. Draft desk polygon and grid-placed rescue anchors; field-verify every anchor.
- Slope
- flat
- Stairs
- Few
- Shade
- medium
- Surface
- paved paths and lawns, rough outside the gates
- Sleep here or visit
- visit
Rescue anchors
A — north-west of the cluster: café or sweets shop with seating (field-verify)
seated_rest · food · valid: always
B — Lalbagh Fort lawns (shade, benches) (field-verify)
seated_rest · toilet · shelter · valid: always
C — north-east of the cluster: convenience store with AC (field-verify)
food · ac · valid: always
D — south-west of the cluster: bakery or café with WC (field-verify)
seated_rest · food · toilet · valid: always
E — south of the cluster: café or sweets shop with seating (field-verify)
seated_rest · food · valid: always
F — south-east of the cluster: hotel lobby with WC (field-verify)
toilet · seated_rest · ac · valid: always
always: 100% covered, max p90 5.3′, worst cell 5.3′ · heat: 100%
Nodes in this cluster
- Lalbagh Fort — Go at opening on a weekday; 75 minutes among the mosque, the tomb and the lawns; Fridays and Saturdays bring family crowds.
Edges out (directed)
- Old Dhaka
- Rickshaw or car east · ~30 min
- Shahbag and Ramna
- Car north · ~30 min
- Gulshan and Banani
- Car north-east · ~60 min
Sleep within reach
- Dhanmondi — 40–60 min
Red lines here
- Follow marked paths inside the fort; do not climb on the walls.