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Tel Hadid Mitzpe Roei, Ben Shemen Forest
In Hebrew: תל חדיד מצפה רועי, יער בן שמן
A nice lookout with a bench overlooking the Shfela and the coastal plain
We don't have information yet about: Lit at night, Water and springs, Parking, Public transport, Restrooms
How to get there
On Route 444 from the south, turn right and continue on a dirt path until the lookout (circling the tel). Always open
Covered? Lit?
Not covered, not shaded.
Tips from the community
There are many other spots in the forest.
More about the place
Tel Hadid is a 147-meter-high hill north of Ben Shemen Forest, identified with biblical Hadid, one of the settlements to which the Babylonian returnees came back. In 143 BCE, Shimon the Hasmonean fortified the site. Route 6 runs beneath the tel through a pair of tunnels, and the Israel National Trail crosses the tel itself. On the slopes are olive groves, pines planted by KKL, and many caves.
Sources (in Hebrew): קק"ל: טיול לתל חדיד שביער בן שמן, ויקיפדיה: תל חדיד
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