Naẖal Shimshon
Naẖal Shimshon is a wadi in Jerusalem District, Israel. Naẖal Shimshon is situated nearby to the village Naham, as well as near the abandoned locality Hartuv.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Avshalom Cave and Hartuv.
Avshalom Cave
Cave
Photo: Relly.hendel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Avshalom Cave, known in academic literature as Soreq Cave and popularly as Stalactites Cave, is a 5,000 m2 cave on the western side of Mt. Ye'ela, in the Judean hills in Israel, known for its dense concentration of stalactites and other cave formations.
Hartuv
Historic site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Hartuv, Arabic: ارتون) or Har-Tuv was an agricultural colony in the Judean Hills established in 1882 on land purchased from the Arab village of Artuf by English missionaries.
Biblical Museum of Natural History
Museum
The Biblical Museum of Natural History, currently located in Hartuv at the entrance to Beit Shemesh, Israel, was founded in 2014 by Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkin, affectionately referred to as the "Zoo Rabbi."…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Naham and Mahseya.
Naham
Village
Naham is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 597.
Mahseya
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mahseya is a moshav in central Israel. Located about two kilometers east of Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council in the Jerusalem District. In 2023 it had a population of 500.
Eshtaol
Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eshtaol is a moshav in central Israel, and a biblical location mentioned in the Books of Joshua and Judges and in the first Book of Chronicles. Located 6 km north of the city of Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council.
Naẖal Shimshon
- Type: Wadi
- Also known as: “Nahal Shimshon”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Jerusalem District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.76139° or 31° 45′ 41″ northLongitude
35.01013° or 35° 0′ 37″ eastElevation
228 metres (748 feet)Open location code
8G3QQ266+H3GeoNames ID
8183929
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In Other Languages
“Naẖal Shimshon” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “Naẖal Shimshon”
- Hebrew: “נחל שמשון”
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