Rosh HaAyin Forest
#137 among destinations in Israel
Facts and practical information
Rosh HaAyin Forest is a forest and green area located in the northeastern part of Rosh HaAyin, Israel, along the tributary of Nahal Rabba. ()
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Rosh HaAyin Forest – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Antipatris, Great Synagogue, Migdal Afek, Rosh HaAyin.
- 2.8 miWArchaeological site and lookout point
Antipatris, Petah Tikva
72 min walk • Antipatris was a city built during the first century BC by Herod the Great, who named it in honour of his father, Antipater. The site, now a national park in central Israel, was inhabited from the Chalcolithic Period to the late Roman Period.
- 5.5 miWSynagogue
Great Synagogue, Petah Tikva
141 min walk • The Great Synagogue of Petah Tikva, is the city's central synagogue and located on Hovevei Zion Street, in the centre of Petah Tikva, Israel.
- 1.8 miSWForts and castles
Migdal Afek
46 min walk • Migdal Afek, also Migdal Tsedek, is a national park on the southeastern edge of Rosh HaAyin, Israel.
- 1.5 miWArea
Rosh HaAyin, Petah Tikva
38 min walk • Rosh HaAyin is a city in the Central District of Israel. To the west of Rosh HaAyin is the fortress of Antipatris and the source of the Yarkon River. To the southeast is the fortress of Migdal Afek. In 2019, it had a population of 61,801.
- 7.2 miSWArea
Yehud, Petah Tikva
184 min walk • Yehud is a city in the Central District of Israel that is part of the joint municipality of Yehud-Monosson. In 2007, the city's population stood at approximately 30,000 people.
- 4.1 miSWArchaeological site
Mazor Mausoleum
106 min walk • The Mazor Mausoleum is one of the best preserved Roman buildings in Israel, located in El'ad. The Mausoleum, which is the only Roman era building in Israel to still stand from its foundations to its roof, was built for an important Roman man and his wife in the 3rd century AD.
- 6.2 miNWArea
Hod HaSharon, Kfar Saba
158 min walk • Hod HaSharon is a city in the Central District of Israel. The city is located approximately 10 kilometres east of the Mediterranean coastline, south of Kfar Saba, southeast of Raanana, and northeast of Ramat HaSharon.
- 5.6 miW
- 0.7 miNPrehistoric site
Qesem Cave
18 min walk • Qesem cave is a Lower Paleolithic archaeological site near the city of Kafr Qasim in Israel. Early humans were occupying the site by 400,000 until c. 200,000 years ago.
- 6.1 miNW
- 5.8 miNArchaeological site
Tomb of Benjamin, Kfar Saba
148 min walk • The Tomb of Benjamin is the traditional burial site of Benjamin according to Judaism, the twelfth and last son of Jacob. In the other side of the bypass road there is also another Islamic shrine called "Nabi Sawarka".