Palmachim beach
Palmachim beach is a beach in Central District, Israel. Palmachim beach is situated nearby to the village Gan Sorek, as well as near the neighborhood Neve Ilan.- Type: Beach
- Description: nature park in Israel
- Also known as: “Hof Palmahim”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Horbat Yavne Yam and Palmachim Air Force Base.
Horbat Yavne Yam
Ruins
Yavne-Yam or Minet Rubin is an archaeological site located on Israel's Southern Coastal Plain, about 15 km south of Tel Aviv. Built on eolianite hills next to a small promontory forming the sole anchorage able to provide shelter to seagoing vessels between Jaffa and the Sinai, Yavne-Yam is notable for its role as the port of ancient Yavne.
Palmachim Air Force Base
Military installation
Palmachim Airbase is an Israeli Air Force base and spaceport, which the IAF and the Israel Space Agency operate jointly. It is located west of the city of Yavne on the Mediterranean coast, 12 km south of the Gush Dan metropolitan area with Tel Aviv, named after the Kibbutz Palmachim a few hundred meters to the north. Palmachim Air Force Base is situated 3 km south of Palmachim beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Palmachim and Gan Sorek.
Palmachim
Village
Palmachim is a gated community and kibbutz in central Israel. Located about ten kilometers south of the Tel Aviv area along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, among the sand dunes, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gan Raveh Regional Council.
Gan Sorek
Village
Gan Sorek is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the coastal plain, approximately four kilometres southwest of Rishon LeZion and covering 700 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gan Raveh Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 322. Gan Sorek is situated 6 km east of Palmachim beach.
Yavne
Town
Yavne is a city in the Central District of Israel. In 2024 it had a population of 58,090. Modern Yavne was established in 1949. It is located near the ruins of the ancient town of Yibna, later the village of Yibna, and today the archeological site of Tel Yavne. Yavne is situated 6 km southeast of Palmachim beach.
Palmachim beach
- Categories: protected area, nature reserve, and national park
- Location: Central District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.92611° or 31° 55′ 34″ north
Longitude
34.69626° or 34° 41′ 47″ east
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
8G3PWMGW+CG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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Satellite Map
Discover Palmachim beach from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Palmachim beach” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “H̱of Palmaẖim”
- Czech: “Národní park Chof Palmachim”
- French: “Plage de Palmachim”
- French: “plage de Palmahim”
- Hebrew: “H̱of Palmaẖim”
- Hebrew: “חוף פלמחים”
- Russian: “Пальмахим (парк)”
- Russian: “Пальмахимский пляж”
- Russian: “пляж Пальмахим”
- Russian: “Хоф-Пальмахим (национальный парк)”
- Russian: “Хоф-Пальмахим”
- Swedish: “H̱of Palmaẖim”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hof Palmahim National Park and Column Cave.
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