Hecht Park
Hecht Park is a park in Haifa District, Israel. Hecht Park is situated nearby to Shikmona park, as well as near the protected area Shikmona National Park.Photo: Meronim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tel Shikmona and Elijah’s Cave.
Tel Shikmona
Archaeological site
Photo: Mayzenb, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tell es-Samak, meaning 'mound of the fish', is an ancient Phoenician tell situated near the sea coast in the modern city of Haifa, Israel, just south of the Israeli National Institute of Oceanography. Tel Shikmona is situated 770 metres north of Hecht Park.
Elijah’s Cave
Cave
Photo: Britchi Mirela, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cave of Elijah is the name used for two grottoes on Mount Carmel, in Haifa, Israel, associated with Biblical prophet Elijah. According to tradition, Elijah is believed to have prayed at a grotto before challenging the priests of Baal on Mount Carmel, and to have hidden in either the same or in another nearby grotto from the wrath of Jezebel. Elijah’s Cave is situated 2 km northeast of Hecht Park.
Mahmood Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Fipplet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Mahmood Mosque is a mosque on Mount Carmel in Kababir, in the Haifa district of Israel. It was built by the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in the late 1970s. Mahmood Mosque is situated 2 km southeast of Hecht Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kiriyat Sprinzak and Ein Ha’Yam.
Kiriyat Sprinzak
Suburb
Kiryat Sprinzak, sometimes spelled Shprintzak, is a neighbourhood in Haifa, to the south of Mount Carmel's headland, along the road to Tel Aviv.
Ein Ha’Yam
Suburb
Ein HaYam, formerly Wadi al-Jimal, is a small neighborhood in Haifa, Israel between Kiryat Sprinzak and Kiryat Eliezer, mostly separated from the sea by railroad tracks.
Ramat HaTishbi
Suburb
Ramat HaTishbi is a relatively small neighbourhood in Haifa, Israel, located on the western slopes of Mount Carmel, adjacent to the French Carmel neighbourhood. It includes the streets of Hatishbi, Beit El, Shounamit, and Ovadia.
Hecht Park
- Type: Park
- Description: park on the western shore of Haifa, Israel
- Categories: urban park and recreation area
- Location: Haifa District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.81773° or 32° 49′ 4″ northLongitude
34.95572° or 34° 57′ 21″ eastOpen location code
8G4PRX94+37OpenStreetMap ID
way 72030363OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q16129527
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In Other Languages
From Hebrew to Russian—“Hecht Park” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “פארק הכט”
- Russian: “парк Хехта”
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Highlights include Shikmona park and Shikmona National Park.
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