Ben Shemen
Ben Shemen is a recreation area in Central District, Israel. Ben Shemen is situated nearby to the playground The Musical Garden, as well as near the park miriam kaufman muller recreation area for the blind.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
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. Valley of the Monks is situated 1¼ km southeast of Ben Shemen.
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. Modiin lookout tower is situated 1½ km northwest of Ben Shemen.
Zaglembie Memorial
Memorial
Photo: YoavR, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zaglembie Memorial is situated 2 km east of Ben Shemen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mevo Modi’im and Gimzo.
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.
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 3 km west of Ben Shemen.
Ben Shemen
- Type: Sports location
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Central District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.93565° or 31° 56′ 8″ northLongitude
34.96451° or 34° 57′ 52″ eastOpen location code
8G3PWXP7+7ROpenStreetMap ID
node 13103338884OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=recreation_groundOpenStreetMap feature
sport=mtb
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- Hebrew: “בן שמן”
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