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National parks of Israel

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  1. Achzib: Achzib - "falsehood". ...
  2. Alexandrium: Alexandrium was a fortified castle in the West Bank on a mountain between Scythopolis and Jerusalem, likely named for Alexander ...
  3. Arsuf: Arsuf also known as Arsur or Apollonia, was an ancient city and fortress located in Israel, about 15 kilometres north of modern...
  4. Ashdod Sand Dune: Ashdod Nitzanim Sand Dune Park is a psammosere ecosystem located close to the city of Ashdod on the Israeli Coastal Plain near t...
  5. Avdat: Avdat or Ovdat , the remains of a Nabataean road station for their caravans, is located on a mountain in the center of the Negev...
  6. Beit Alfa: Beit Alfa is a kibbutz in the Northern District of Israel, near the Gilboa ridge. The kibbutz was founded in 1922 by Hashomer H...
  7. Beit She'arim National Park: '''Beit She'arim, also known as Beth She'arim, is the archeological site of a Jewish town and necropolis. The site is part of th...
  8. Belvoir Fortress (Israel): The Crusader fortress of Belvoir, located on a hill of the Naphtali plateau, 20 km. south of the Sea of Galilee and about 500 me...
  9. Caesarea Maritima: Caesarea Maritima , called Caesarea Palaestina from 133 CE onwards, was a city and harbor built by Herod the Great about 2513 B...
  10. Capernaum: Capernaum ...
  11. Ein Gedi: Ein Gedi (, lit. Kid Spring (as in young goat); KJV Bible Engedi) is an oasis located west of the Dead Sea, close to Masada and ...
  12. Eleutheropolis: Eleutheropolis ("city of the free") was the Greek name of a Roman city in Palestine (modern Israel), some 53 km southwest of Jer...
  13. Gan HaShlosha National Park: Gan HaShlosha National Park, also known by its Arabic name Sahne, is a national park in Israel. Located near Beit She'an, it has...
  14. Gezer: For the kibbutz, see Gezer, Israel; For the Arab village, see Abu Shusha; for the regional council see Gezer Regional Council ...
  15. Herodium: Herodium or Herodion is a hill shaped like a truncated cone , south of Bethlehem, within the Bethlehem Governorate, built as a...
  16. Hippos: Hippos is an archaeological site located in Israel on a hill overlooking the Sea of Galilee. Between the third century BC and th...
  17. Israel Nature and National Parks Protection Authority: The Israel Nature and National Parks Protection Authority (NNPPA) is a government organization that manages Israel's Nature Rese...
  18. Lachish: Lachish was a town located in the Shephelah, or maritime plain of Philistia . This town was first mentioned in the Amarna lette...
  19. List of national parks and nature reserves of Israel: This is a list of national parks and nature reserves of Israel. All are managed by the Israel Nature and National Parks Protecti...
  20. Makhtesh Ramon: Makhtesh Ramon is a spectacular geological feature of Israel's Negev desert. Located at the peak of Mount Negev, some 85 km sou...
  21. Mamshit: Mamshit is the Nabataean city of Memphis. In the Nabataean period, Mamshit was important because it sat on Incense Road, on the...
  22. Maresha: Tel Maresha , also Marissa, is an antiquity site in Israel's southern lowlands. ...
  23. Masada: Masada is the name for a site of ancient palaces and fortifications in the South District of Israel on top of an isolated rock ...
  24. Migdal Afek: Migdal Afek or Migdal Tsedek is a site located near the town of Rosh HaAyin, Israel. The site includes ruins of the crusaders'...
  25. Montfort Castle: The Montfort is a ruined crusader fortress in the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel, about 22 miles (35 km) northeast of ...
  26. Mount Arbel: Mount Arbel is a mountain in The Lower Galilee near Tiberias in Israel, that has split into two after an earthquake. The other ...
  27. Nimrod Fortress: The Nimrod Fortress or '''Nimrod's Fortress''', is an ancient fortress situated in the northern Golan Heights, on a ridge risin...
  28. Nitzana (Nabataean city): Nitzana is an ancient Nabataean city located in the Negev desert in Israel close to the Egyptian border. It may have been a sta...
  29. Qumran: For the country that features in Yes Minister, see here. ...
  30. Rosh HaNikra grottoes: Rosh HaNikra is a geologic formation in Israel, located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, in the Western Galilee near the ...
  31. Shivta: Shivta or Sobota , is an archaeological site in the Negev Desert of Israel, east to Nitzana. ...
  32. Tel Arad: Tel Arad or 'old' Arad is located west of the Dead Sea, about 10km west of modern Arad in an area surrounded by mountain ridges...
  33. Tel Be'er Sheva: '''Tel Be'er Sheva''' is an archeological site in southern Israel believed to be the remains of the biblical town of Be'er Shev...
  34. Tel Hazor: Tel Hazor is a tell above the site of ancient Hazor, whose archeological remains are the largest and richest known in modern Is...
  35. Tel Megiddo: Megiddo is a hill in modern Israel near the Kibbutz of Megiddo, known for historical, geographical, and theological reasons. ...
  36. Timna Valley Park: Timna Valley Park is a National Park in the Negev desert of Israel, located approximately 30km north of Eilat . ...
  37. Yarkon River: The Yarkon River , also Yarqon River, is an Israeli river which originates at Tel Afek (Antipatris), north of Petah Tikva. It f...

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