Ya‘ar Ben Shemen
Ya‘ar Ben Shemen is a forest reserve in Central District, Israel. Ya‘ar Ben Shemen is situated nearby to the village Gimzo, as well as near Kfar Daniel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Valley of the Monks and Modiin lookout tower.
Valley of the Monks
Archaeological site
El-Habs, nicknamed Valley of the Monks is a site of a cave which served Christian monastic chambers, on the channel of the Gimzo Stream. It is situated at the foot of Horbat Zekhariya and together with Horbat Kelah form a complex of archaeological sites in the hills of Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, in the territory of Ben Shemen Forest.
Modiin lookout tower
Tower
Photo: Avi1111, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Dayr Abu Salama was a small Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict, located 8 km northeast of Ramla. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 13, 1948, in the first phase of Operation Dani.
Tel Hadid
Scenic viewpoint
Tel Hadid also known as al-Haditha and Adida or Aditha is an archaeological site, located in the Ben Shemen Forest in central Israel. The site overlooks the central coastal plain of Israel, the Lod Valley, and the Tel Aviv metropolitan area, offering a strategic vantage point. Tel Hadid is situated 3 km north of Ya‘ar Ben Shemen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gimzo and Kfar Daniel.
Gimzo
Village
Photo: Avi1111, Public domain.
Gimzo is a religious moshav in central Israel. Located between Lod and Modi'in, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,155.
Kfar Daniel
Village
Photo: Rav, Public domain.
Kfar Daniel is a moshav shitufi in central Israel. Located around four kilometres south-east of Lod and covering 2,900 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 630. Kfar Daniel is situated 2½ km west of Ya‘ar Ben Shemen.
Mevo Modi’im
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mevo Modi'im, officially Me'or Modi'im, is a moshav in central Israel. It is also known as the Carlebach Moshav. Located north-west of Modi'in on Highway 443, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. Mevo Modi’im is situated 2½ km east of Ya‘ar Ben Shemen.
Ya‘ar Ben Shemen
- Type: Forest reserve
- Also known as: “Ben Shemen Forest” and “Ya`ar Ben Shemen”
- Location: Central District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.93812° or 31° 56′ 17″ northLongitude
34.95927° or 34° 57′ 33″ eastElevation
136 metres (446 feet)Open location code
8G3PWXQ5+6PGeoNames ID
8428007
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In Other Languages
“Ya‘ar Ben Shemen” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “Ya‘ar Ben Shemen”
- Hebrew: “Ya‘ar Herzl”
- Hebrew: “יער בן שמן”
- Hebrew: “יער הרצל”
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