Police said that the woman had been attacked after she accepted a lift by a group of men in a truck in Manali, a resort town in the state.
No arrests have been made but police had set up roadblocks, officials told the Associated Press news agency.
There has been increased scrutiny of sexual violence in India after the rape and murder of a student on a Delhi bus.
Last December's gang rape of the student sparked widespread protests and prompted the government to alter laws relating to rape in India.
Five men and one juvenile have been charged with the rape. One of the men has since hanged himself in prison, officials say.
In the Manali case, police say four men in a truck drove the American woman to a secluded spot and raped her. She then went to police where a case of rape was filed.
A US embassy spokesperson in Delhi said: "We are in contact with authorities but due to issues of privacy we have no further comment."
The alleged attack comes after a Swiss tourist was gang raped in Madhya Pradesh state in March - six men were arrested in connection with that attack.
That same month, India passed a new bill containing harsher punishments, including the death penalty in certain cases, for rapists.
Reported cases of sexual assault are on the rise in India, although foreign tourists are rarely targeted.
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