Ghotawada Fort (Gotara)

Reach Dugaad junction on the Bhiwandi-Vajreshwari route from here a road leads in to Dugaad base village. The path from here takes us to the fort in 2 hours after a steep and tiring ascend. Another route can be taken from Mohili village which is just before Dugaad. From Mohili a path crosses across fam lands for about 15 minutes and then the trails goes through a thick forest cover. This route will take 3 hours to reach the fort as it circumvents the mountain. There are two summit on the fort one at Dugad side and one at Mohili side and both are connected by a path.

The citadel can be seem from the summit and can be accessed after a 15 mins steep walk. Here we reach at the entrance. We can also see the fortification wall alongside. The entrance is built in Gomukhi style and its bastions are still intact but its arch is in ruins. Many carved stones can be seen lying around. There is a dried water tank in front of the entrance. As we go to the right there is a group of 7 water tanks at a short distance. Of these tanks, only one tank holds water till February. On the path from the left side of the entrance there is bastion still standing in a good condition. On the lower side of this bastion there is path which leads to a stream which has water almost all year round. On the path back to the entrance there is stone covered in vermillion with carvings of a person with Trident and a Sword in hands. Besides this stone there are ruins of some structures.
From the fort top we can see forts of Kamandurg, Takmakgad and Tungareshwar forest area.

A third route to reach the fort is from Usgaon. The path from here circumvents the Usgaon dam and reaches a small waterfall patch alongside which a path leads us to the lower summit in an hour. There are two more summits as we move ahead. By this route it takes about 3 hours to reach the top most of the fort at the citadel.