Ashkelon National Park, Ashkelon

Name: Ashkelon National Park
Address: Ashkelon, Israel
Telephone: +972 8-673-6444

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Ashkelon National Park is an Israeli national park along the shore of the Mediterranean Sea southwest of the city of Ashkelon. ()

Local name: גן לאומי אשקלון Elevation: 75 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 31°39'50"N, 34°32'45"E

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Ashkelon Israel

Contact

+972 8-673-6444

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Ashkelon National Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ashkelon Marina Breakwater Light, Ashkelon Coal Jetty Breakwater Light, Ashkelon Subdistrict, Tal Al-Farani.

1.6 miN
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Ashkelon Marina Breakwater Light, Ashkelon
41 min walk • Ashkelon Marina Breakwater Light is a lighthouse in Ashkelon, Israel. It is located at the end of the main breakwater of the Ashkelon Marina. The site is accessible by walking the pier, but the tower is closed to the public.
2.2 miSW
Lighthouse
Ashkelon Coal Jetty Breakwater Light, Ashkelon
57 min walk • Ashkelon Coal Jetty Breakwater Light is a lighthouse in Ashkelon, Israel. It is located at the end of the main breakwater of the Ashkelon Port Coal Jetty, in the Ashkelon Oil Port operated by the Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline Company, near the Trans-Israel pipeline.
1.2 miE
Neighbourhood
Ashkelon Subdistrict, Ashkelon
32 min walk • The Ashkelon subdistrict is one of Israel's sub-districts in Southern District. The subdistrict consists of the merger of all of Mandatory Gaza Subdistrict that was occupied by Israel in 1948, as well as the southern half of what was occupied from Mandatory Hebron Subdistrict in the same year.
5 miNE
Town, Archaeological site
Tal Al-Farani
127 min walk • Tal Al-Farani, a place mentioned in the Torah located in Israel, about 3.5 km to the east of the Mediterranean Sea, between Ashdod and Ashkelon, and an area of about 10 hectares, was inhabited and populated during the first three stages of the ancient Bronze Age and only during the third phase of Ancient Bronze Age.
1.6 miE
Universities and schools
Ashkelon Academic College, Ashkelon
41 min walk • Ashkelon Academic College is a public college in Ashkelon, Israel which is qualified to grant Bachelor's degrees from Bar-Ilan University.
1.6 miE
Sport venue, Sport
Ashkelon Sports Arena, Ashkelon
41 min walk • The Ashkelon Sport Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Ashkelon, Israel. The arena opened in 1999 and is home to the Ironi Ashkelon Basketball Club and Hapoel Ashkelon fencing and rhythmic gymnastics teams.
1.4 miE
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Sala Stadium, Ashkelon
36 min walk • The Sala Stadium is a sports stadium in Ashkelon, Israel. The stadium has a 5,250 capacity, and is the home ground of Hapoel Ashkelon. On 29 December 2008, shortly before a training session, the stadium was hit by a Grad rocket fired from the Gaza Strip. The rocket landed in the penalty area.