Mearat Kelah

Mearat Kelah is a cave in Haifa District, Israel. Mearat Kelah is situated nearby to the picnic site Final Fortress (PFF) Picnic Area, as well as near the village Beit Oren.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chai-Bar Carmel and Damon Prison.

Chai-Bar Carmel

Zoo

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Carmel Hai-Bar Nature Reserve is a 1,500-acre breeding and acclimation center administered by the Israel Nature Reserves and National Parks Authority, situated in the Carmel mountains in northwestern Israel, within the larger Mount Carmel National Park. Chai-Bar Carmel is situated 1½ km northwest of Mearat Kelah.

Damon Prison

Prison

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Damon Prison is situated 1¼ km south of Mearat Kelah.

Final Fortress (PFF) Picnic Area

Picnic site

Photo: Almog, Public domain.

Palestine Final Fortress was the British 1942 defence plan for Mandatory Palestine at World War II against a possible German invasion from the north. Final Fortress (PFF) Picnic Area is situated 720 metres northeast of Mearat Kelah.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beit Oren and Givat Wolfson.

Beit Oren

Village

Photo: Rameis, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Beit Oren is a kibbutz in northern Israel on Mount Carmel. It falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2024 its population was 536.