Water trail, Ein Molasseh (Photo: Tal Passes, Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel)
Did you travel to the Hula Valley on the Golan Heights? Here is a recommendation for a light family trip to Ein Tina's "brother" - Ein Molasseh (a-Derbeshiya mill) - which is a lush spring that creates a lovely path in a channel whose water flows all year round. It is an enjoyable walk in a shallow and clear stream stream and typical river vegetation, will lead to the basalt structure of the flour mill, preserved from the Ottoman period.
"The Ma'ale Kinneret and Jordan areas are still cut off from the national water system, despite the construction of desalination plants in Israel, and all the water needed for agriculture and other uses of the communities is pumped directly from the springs and streams," explains Shimi Binyamin, director of training at the Golan-Hermonim Field School of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel. "This intensive water consumption dries up and reduces the springs and streams and creates a fatal blow to the natural systems and the ability to enjoy them - which led to a struggle led by the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel demanding that the area be connected to the national water system and immediately release the spring water for natural flow in the streams - a struggle that is still ongoing."
A lush spring that creates a lovely path. Ein Molasseh (Photo: Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel, Dana Tabachnik)
An enjoyable walk in a shallow and clear stream and typical river vegetation (Photo: Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel, Golan Hermonim Field School)
What to do?
We will cross the road safely and pass a cattle gate (be sure to close it back - cows graze on the property). Signs will point to the trailhead. Turn left and go up parallel to the pipe in the water that reaches about your ankles. We will pass another cattle pass, and after a few meters turn left and cross the raspberry bushes until we reach a flour mill on the right. From the roof of the flour mill there is a great view and you should go up east of the mill carefully. From the flour mill you can return the same way we came, and there is an option to return via a dry path - north of the flour mill and leading to the road. The dry trail does not reach the initial parking, but 300 meters north of it.
The flour mill can also be reached directly by car. To do this, drive another 350 meters, turn right and drive another 350 meters (the route will curve to the right). Park the car and walk to the mill.
Walking in pleasant streams (Photo: Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel, Liron Shapira)
What else is important to know?
Flour mills: In various river channels, mainly in the north of the country (but not only there) you can find many flour mills. These flour mills were powered by water. The mill building was divided into two floors: on the lower floor was the paw wheel, which was driven by water coming from the chimney on the side of the building. The upper floor was used for grinding and where the millstones were found. The water of the stream or spring was diverted to an aqueduct, which powerfully carried the flow of water to the chimney. The water overflowed from the chimney and burst out of a narrow opening to the lower floor of the mill. A strong jet of water activated the spoon wheel, which was connected vertically to the millstones, which were located on the top floor. The miller standing upstairs poured the wheat kernels into the funnel that led to the millstones, which were placed one on top of the other. With the rotation of the stones and their weight, the wheat kernels were ground and the flour was created. It is important to note that Ein Molasseh's flour mill was renovated and rehabilitated in the 80s by a member of Kibbutz Gonen, and is nurtured today by a group of young people who took on this task with love.
The length of the route is about 500 meters round trip (Photo: Walla system! NEWS, Eyal Shapira)
We went on a trip
Recommended season:Summer, autumn and spring
Mostly suitable for: Families
Length of the route: about 500 meters round trip Estimate of walking time: half an hour
Type of route:round trip
Additional features:
- Walking in the channel on pebbles, walking with shoes only
- Maximum water depth - up to the knee
- part of the route passes through prickly raspberry bushes.
- The water of the stream Crimea
- the route is not shaded
- a small parking lot, it is necessary to cross the road How to get there: Starting and ending point: Ein Molasseh in Waze:
"Ein Molasseh"
At Gadot Junction on Highway 91, turn north onto Route 918 for about 6 kilometers and shortly after marking the 24th kilometer, park the car
in a small parking bay on the left side of the road
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- Springs in Israel
- Springs in the north
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