A plateau, four miles long and two and a half miles broad. It is in the extreme of the district, the highest point of which is 3,800 feet above the sea level. It is in Mahuadanr police station and is 96 miles west of Ranchi across seven hills. This is the highest point on the plateau of Chhotanagpur. Netarhat is a place of peculiar charm which has a laid its spell on many casual visitors. The stillness of the jungle and the cool and refreshing air brings relief from the dust and heat of the plains. Netarhat has a game sanctuary amidst pine forest the bestow singular arboreal interest in this part. Some time back it used to be the permanent summer station of the Governor.
The temperature of Netarhat is cooler than Ranchi all the year on round. It can be said that this place is the coolest in the whole of Jharkhand State. The place has also been provided with an Agricultural Farm. There are inspection bungalows and rest houses.

In November,1954 a public school was started at this place by the state Government, admission to which is received merit alone. The admission fees are charged according to the parents income. The admission age is 10 - 12 years and the education is imparted for preparing the boys for higher secondary examination, Jamalpur Railway Engineering and various other technical and vocation pursuits. 

The medium of instruction is Hindi but English and Sanskrit are also taught from the beginning to secure a satisfactory standard. A number of top Bureaucrats and Tecnocrats are the product of this august institutions.

4 kms from Netarhat and a unique picnic spot. Inside a beautiful valley the over flown water o Netarhat Dam makes a very loving small waterfall.

Situated at a distance of 10 kms from Netarhat in lush green and pass through the forests of a poet's imagination-deep, dense and delighting. On reaching there witness the stunning fall of water deep down to about 320 feet making a majestic waterfall. The forest is so dense that even sunrays find difficult to pierce through it. forest. A place of scenic beauty and picnic spot.

About 60 kms away from Netarhat deep in to the forests the river Burha makes a fantastic and majestic water fall of about 468 feet height claiming to be the highest waterfall of Jharkhand. The thundering sound of the fall is audible even 10 kms from it. The spectacular sight of the fall explains the profundity and greatness of the nature. water falls from a height of 468 feet.

Netarhat has a wonderful climate and in the July and August it does not become moist. In summer Netarhat has a very cool climate. The plateau is ringed by forest and the rainfall usually does not exceed 60 inches per year. There are patches of pines and cypresses grown by the Forest Department and both the species have taken to the soil very kindly. Apples and peaches are grown but the fruits are not very big. English vegetables could easily be grown. The place has now been freed from malaria.
There are a number of flowering trees particularly of Bauhinia and Cassia species. Season flowers could be grown throughout the year. It has been held the flowering trees of different species could be very well grown on the plateau which will ensure a feast of flowers throughout the year. There are bus services both from Ranchi and Daltonganj to Netarhat. The development of Netarhat will open the neighbouring  Chhechhari valley and other hill tops such as Jamirapat (3,747 feet above sea level ) and Gulgupat (3,819 feet above sea level ). Jharkhand’s second highest fall, the Burhaghagh with a sheer drops of 466 feet is also near Netarhat but at present accessible only to the hiker. Netarhat offers plenty of big game shooting with permission from the Forest Department. Tigers are common in certain sections. With the development of Netarhat which has been taken up, it will have great attraction to the general tourists, hiker, shikari and anthropologists. There is one important beauty spot in Netarhat. 

The sight of the sunrise near the Palamu dak bungalow and sunset at Mangolia point about six miles from the Public school. It is advisable that tourist must see the SUNRISE and SUNSET in Neterhat. Presently Neterhat is situated in new created district LATEHAR from PALAMU.
With the opening of Communication through forests and the availability of a series of beautiful camping sites and place on of interest and beauty, Palamau Division is ideal for the development of tourism particularly for the motorists and the hikers. As a matter of fact it is possible probably to exploit the wonderful facility of tourism by organizing visits of tourism tourists keen to shot wild life by gun of camera some of the forest bungalows namely Neterhat, Kechaki, Mahuamilan, Belta, etc., Offer very good facilities for stay Neterhat is one of the most famous beauty spots in Jharkhand. Presently Neterhat and National Park Betla are situated in the newly created Districts Latehar there are also a number of excellent camping sites. There are a series of water falls in this Districts which are well worth a visit.

The general line of drainpipe is from south to north towards the SON, which forms parts of the northern boundary of the districts .The principals rivers are Koel and its tributaries, the Auranga and the Amanat. There are also last of smaller streams, most of which are mere mountain torrents which rock–strewn beds. 

The Koel Auranga and Amanat are similar in this respect for their upper reaches are characterized by high banks Generally rugged and occasionally precipitous with a rapid stream dashing over boulders and shingle or gliding. Calmly, except in time of spate, in shadow parts terminated by rocky barriers. Further north these rivers have deep sandy beds, into which the water sinks out of sight in the hot weather, percolating through the soft sand. Until some outcrop of rock arrests its course and forces it to the surface.