King Abdullah Canal

#84 among destinations in Jordan

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The King Abdullah Canal is the largest irrigation canal system in Jordan and runs parallel to the east bank of the Jordan River. It was previously known as the East Ghor Main Canal and renamed in 1987 after Abdullah I of Jordan. ()

Local name: قناة الغور الشرقية Coordinates: 31°48'49"N, 35°37'45"E

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BalqaJordan

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King Abdullah Canal – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Al-Maghtas, King Abdullah Bridge, Mount Pisgah, Baptism Site.

4.9 miW
Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan"
Al-Maghtas
126 min walk • Al-Maghtas, located in Jordan, is a revered archaeological site of immense religious significance, often recognized as the biblical "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" where John the Baptist is said to have baptized Jesus Christ.
4.8 miW
Bridge
King Abdullah Bridge
124 min walk • The King Abdullah Bridge is an inoperative bridge over the Jordan River between the West Bank and Jordan. It is about 5 kilometers south east of Jericho, and about 4 kilometers south of the Allenby Bridge.
6.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Pisgah
160 min walk • Some translators of the biblical book of Deuteronomy translate Pisgah as a name of a mountain, usually referring to Mount Nebo. The word פִּסְגָּה literally means "summit". The region lies directly east of the Jordan River and just northeast of the Dead Sea.
5 miW
31°50'14"N • 35°32'56"E
Baptism Site
128 min walk • Historical place
6.5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Abarim
166 min walk • Abarim is the Hebrew name used in the Bible for a mountain range "across the Jordan", understood as east of the Jordan Rift Valley, i.e. in Transjordan, to the east and south-east of the Dead Sea, extending from Mount Nebo — its highest point — in the north, perhaps to the Arabian desert in the south.
2 miSW
Archaeological site
Teleilat el Ghassul
50 min walk • Teleilat el-Ghassul, also spelled Tuleilat el-Ghassul and Tulaylât al-Ghassûl, is the site of several small hillocks containing the remains of a number of Neolithic and Chalcolithic villages in Jordan. It is the type-site of the Ghassulian culture, which flourished in the Southern Levant during the Middle and Late Chalcolithic period.

King Abdullah Canal

Facts and practical information

King Abdullah Canal plan & book

King Abdullah Canal – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Al-Maghtas

King Abdullah Bridge

Mount Pisgah

Baptism Site

Abarim

Teleilat el Ghassul