Best time to visit is from october to march when the weather is pleasant.
By Rail
Parashnath station on the Howrah-Delhi grand chord line is the base for a visit to Parashnath. The adjacent town is called Isri or Isri Bazar. It has got some Jain dharmashalas. There is a Dak Bungalow at Dumri about a mile from the station. There is small staion at Nimia Ghat from where also Parasnath Hill is accessible, but the said route is not the popular one, people only travel by this route once a year. Best is to take 36 seat bus/rental car from Isri Bazar for Madhuban and the metalled trek route of 9 km to ShikharjiParashnath.
Parasnath - one passenger train in the evening is available for Dhanbad.
Almost all the major trains running on The Grand Chord line Delhi to Kolkata stop at Parasnath station. These include New Delhi - Kolkata Rajdhani express, Puri - New Delhi purushottam express, Mumbai- Howrah mail, Ahmedabad-Asansol - Parasnath express. In view of the tourist volume, Parasnath station has been built as a model station by Indian railways.
By road
Parasnath Hill is on Grand Trunk Road NH 2.The nearby place for reaching Parasnath is Ranchi 190 KM, Bokaro 40 KM, Jhumri Tileya 80 km Dhanbad 60 KM and Hazaribagh 80 km