Biranit, Upper Galilee

#7 among attractions in Upper Galilee

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Biranit is a military camp and former kibbutz in northern Israel on the border with Lebanon. It is the headquarters of the Galilee Division of the Israel Defense Forces, and is located around a kilometre from the Lebanese border between Sasa and Netu'a. ()

Local name: בירנית Coordinates: 33°3'37"N, 35°20'25"E

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Biranit – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mount Meron, Tefen Open Museum, Bar'am National Park, Kafr Bir'im.

6.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lookout
Mount Meron, Upper Galilee
155 min walk • Mount Meron is a mountain in the Upper Galilee region of Israel. It has special significance in Jewish religious tradition and parts of it have been declared a nature reserve.
6.8 miSW
Museum
Tefen Open Museum, Upper Galilee
173 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.
4.4 miE
Synagogue
Bar'am National Park
113 min walk • Bar'am National Park is a national park in Israel, between kibbutz Sasa and moshav Dovev, near the Lebanese border. On the grounds of the park is a synagogue from the Talmudic period.
4.5 miE
Archaeological site
Kafr Bir'im
116 min walk • Kafr Bir'im, also Kefr Berem, was a former village in Mandatory Palestine, located in modern-day northern Israel, 4 kilometers south of the Lebanese border and 11.5 kilometers northwest of Safed. The village was situated 750 meters above sea level.
3.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Pa'ar Cave
85 min walk • Pa'ar Cave is a karstic sinkhole in the Upper Galilee, Israel.
5.3 miSW
Town, Forts and castles
Mi'ilya
135 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.
5.5 miW
Prehistoric site
Horvat Galil
141 min walk • Horvat Galil is an archaeological site in the Upper Galilee, Israel, 13 kilometres from the coast of the Mediterranean.
5.4 miS
Town
Peki'in
139 min walk • Peki'in or Buqei'a, is a Druze/Arab town with local council status in Israel's Northern District. It is located eight kilometres east of Ma'alot-Tarshiha in the Upper Galilee. In 2019 it had a population of 5,893.
4.9 miSW
City
Ma'alot-Tarshiha
125 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.
3 miS
Town
Hurfeish, Upper Galilee
76 min walk • Hurfeish is a Druze town in the Northern District of Israel. In 2019 it had a population of 6,410.
5.5 miSW
Locality
Mi'ar
142 min walk • Mi'ar, was a Palestinian village located 17.5 kilometers east of Acre. Its population in 1945 was 770. The Crusaders referred to it as "Myary". By the 19th century, during Ottoman rule, it was a large Muslim village.