Mt. Nitai
Mount Nitai, sometimes spelled Nitay, is a mountain in Israel situated west of the Sea of Galilee and north of the city of Tiberias. Har Nitai is named after Nittai of Arbela.- Type: Scenic viewpoint
- Description: mountain in Israel
- Also known as: “Har Nittay” and “Mount Nitai”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mount Arbel and Arbel synagogue.
Mount Arbel
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Copyrighted free use.
Mount Arbel is a mountain in the Lower Galilee near Tiberias in Israel, with high cliffs, views of Mount Hermon and the Golan Heights, a cave-fortress, and ruins of an ancient synagogue.
Arbel synagogue
Archaeological site
Photo: Hanay, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arbel synagogue is an archaeological site, which is situated 1¼ km south of Mt. Nitai.
Migdal Synagogue
Archaeological site
Photo: AVRAMGR, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Migdal Synagogue or Magdala Synagogue is an ancient former Jewish synagogue, discovered at the ancient city of Magdala, close to the shore of the Sea of Galilee, in northeastern Israel. Migdal Synagogue is situated 2½ km east of Mt. Nitai.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include חמם and Arbel.
חמם
Village
Photo: Owenglyndur, CC BY 4.0.
Wadi al-Hammam, or Wadi Hamam, is an Arab village in northern Israel, located near the Sea of Galilee, at the foot of Mount Nitai and across the Wadi Hamam valley from Mount Arbel.
Arbel
Village
Photo: Almog, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arbel is a moshav in northern Israel. Located beside Mount Arbel next to the Sea of Galilee near Tiberias, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lower Galilee Regional Council.
Migdal
Village
Photo: אסף.צ, Public domain.
Migdal is a town in the Northern District of Israel. It was founded in 1910, and granted local council status in 1949. In 2024 it had a population of 2,162.
Mt. Nitai
- Categories: mountain and tourism
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.825° or 32° 49′ 30″ northLongitude
35.4875° or 35° 29′ 15″ eastElevation
98 metres (322 feet)Open location code
8G4QRFGQ+22OpenStreetMap ID
node 278474137OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=viewpointWikidata ID
Q6922431
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Satellite Map
Discover Mt. Nitai from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Mt. Nitai” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبل نيتاي”
- Cebuano: “Har Nittay”
- Dutch: “Mount Nitai”
- Hebrew: “הר ניתאי”
- Hebrew: “הר נתאי”
- Ladin: “Mount Nitai”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Har Nitai”
- Persian: “کوه نیتای”
- Spanish: “Monte Nitai”
- Swedish: “Har Nittay”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ein Arbel and Arbel National Park and Nature Reserve.
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