Yehi'am Fortress National Park, Upper Galilee

Name: Yehi'am Fortress National Park
Address: Kibbutz Yehi'am, Upper Galilee, 2512500, Israel
Telephone: +972 4-827-6600

#2 among attractions in Upper Galilee

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Yehi'am Fortress National Park is an Israeli national park in the western Upper Galilee on the grounds of Kibbutz Yehi'am, whose main attraction are the ruins of a hilltop castle. ()

Local name: מבצר יחיעם Elevation: 1280 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 32°59'38"N, 35°13'20"E

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Kibbutz Yehi'amUpper Galilee 2512500 Israel

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+972 4-827-6600

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Yehi'am Fortress National Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Montfort Castle, Tefen Open Museum, The Hope, Beit HaKerem Valley.

3.5 miN
Forts and castles
Montfort Castle, Upper Galilee
89 min walk • Montfort is a ruined Crusader castle in the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel, about 22 miles northeast of the city of Haifa and 10 miles south of the border with Lebanon.
3.1 miE
Museum
Tefen Open Museum, Upper Galilee
79 min walk • The German-Speaking Jewry Heritage Museum is a museum in Tefen, an industrial park in the north of Israel established by Stef Wertheimer.
6.8 miSE
Monuments and statues
The Hope, Karmiel
174 min walk • The Hope is a sculpture by Nicky Imber depicting a woman proudly raising her child to the sky symbolically heralding a new generation.
6.5 miSE
Valley
Beit HaKerem Valley, Karmiel
166 min walk • Beit HaKerem Valley, also known as al-Shaghur, is a valley in the Galilee region in northern Israel. The valley is the dividing feature between the Upper Galilee featuring relatively high mountains and the Lower Galilee to the south, with lower mountains.
3.1 miNE
Town, Forts and castles
Mi'ilya
78 min walk • Mi'ilya is an Arab local council in the western Galilee in the Northern District of Israel. Its name during the Kingdom of Jerusalem era in Galilee was Castellum Regis. In 2019 it had a population of 3,244, all of whom are Melkite Greek Catholics. The town is located immediately to the northwest of Ma'alot-Tarshiha.
4.9 miW
Archaeological site
Tel Kabri
126 min walk • Tel Kabri, or Tell al-Qahweh, is an archaeological tell containing one of the largest Middle Bronze Age Canaanite palaces in Israel, and the largest such palace excavated as of 2014.
3.6 miNE
Prehistoric site
Horvat Galil
92 min walk • Horvat Galil is an archaeological site in the Upper Galilee, Israel, 13 kilometres from the coast of the Mediterranean.
3.3 miNW
Archaeological site
Manot Cave
85 min walk • Manot Cave is a cave in Western Galilee, Israel, discovered in 2008. It is notable for the discovery of a skull that belongs to a modern human, called Manot 1, which is estimated to be 54,700 years old.
5.1 miS
Prehistoric site
HaYonim Cave
131 min walk • HaYonim Cave is a cave located in a limestone bluff about 250 meters above modern sea level, in the Upper Galilee, Israel.
4.8 miN
Music venue, Nightlife
Keshet Eilon
123 min walk • Keshet Eilon is a music center established in the year 1990, located in Kibbutz Eilon, Israel. Its mission is to be a source of strength and support for young gifted violinists.
3.5 miE
City
Ma'alot-Tarshiha
91 min walk • Ma'alot-Tarshiha is a city in the North District in Israel, some 20 kilometres east of Nahariya, about 600 metres above sea level. The city was established in 1963 through a municipal merger of the Arab town of Tarshiha and the Jewish town of Ma'alot. In 2019, the city had a population of 21,836.