KKL-Junk sites throughout Israel: more forests, more parking lots, the most family entertainment

There are hundreds of KKL-Junk sites scattered throughout Israel, with parking lots, seating areas, hiking trails, singles, and entertainment spots. Here are recommendations for some of the most beautiful spots in the various regions, the attractions that await you in each of them, and two rules of thumb that will ensure you have a successful time in the KKL-Junk forests.

In collaboration with KKL-Junk

11/08/2022

Thursday, August 11, 2022, 12:03 p.m. Updated: 1:07 p.m.

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USA Park Nes Harim (Photo: Ariel Ben Ze'ev)

Every good trip to Israel starts at one of the Kimat Israel Foundation sites.

KKL-Junk has made available to the public hundreds of parking lots, seating areas and recreation areas throughout the country for the convenience of travelers, but in order to enjoy the experience, two rules of thumb are required: clean - and safe.

The Kimat Israel Foundation has placed bins in all its areas. If they are full, they must be collected and taken away to maintain cleanliness. , you must bring large garbage bags from home and collect the garbage in sealed and closed bags. At the end of the recreation, it is recommended to take the garbage with you to prevent wild animals from scattering it in the forest. If the situation is not possible, the garbage must be placed only in the regulated places. If there is no room in the bins placed in the parking lots, Please tie the bags tightly and place next to the bin. Please do not hang the garbage bags on the trees.

For fear of forest fires, do not light a fire in the forest - except in the place regulated for this.

In some KKL parking lots barbecues (umbrellas) are placed, and in some parking lots there are surfaces on which you are invited to place your barbecue. There you will find barrels for collecting the coals, into which the coals must be thrown after use.

So get some recommendations for Keren Kimat Israel's entertainment places for the coming summer.

Yaer Ben Shemen (Photo: Gideon Sharon)

Sword of Breathing

Imagine a place of refuge and peace in the heart of the country, with a fresh and shady forest where there are parking lots, orchard trees and views of terraces.

In winter it has a spectacular bloom of anemones and sedums that covers the beautiful chert hills.

You can stop imagining, and set out to make the fantasy come true.

In Shoham Park, adjacent to the town that bears his name, there is an area of ​​about 20 dunams where all this happens, thanks to the cooperation between KKL-Junk, the local council and the residents of Shoham, who work together to cultivate the unique forest as a center for hiking and outdoor recreation.

The archaeological site Harvat Tanshem was discovered in 1986 and was declared an antiquities site.

KKL-Junk assisted in its restoration as part of its activities for the preservation of heritage sites in Israel. A Byzantine church was discovered at the site that apparently served the residents of the nearby settlement, and three rock-hewn tombs and a hewn water pool with a staircase were discovered next to it. A model of a Madaba map mosaic, one of the earliest maps, was placed on the site. of the Land of Israel, which mentions a place called Beit Malagzis, which is identified as a breathing sword.

A breathing sword was made accessible to people with disabilities. The accessibility project included arranging an accessible parking lot, paving an accessible concrete path with a natural rim, building seating walls of local stone 40-60 cm high to emphasize The entrances, for sitting and explanations, laying sawn stone paving to emphasize the entrances and the Midaba map area, planting mature trees for shading, placing signage adapted to Braille and installing an audio system for the visually impaired.

In 1976, on the 200th anniversary of the independence of the United States, the Kimat Foundation for Israel began developing a park that would mark the close relationship between the two countries. The park is an open space of nature and forests, which covers approximately 30,000 dunams in the southwestern part of the Jerusalem Mountains. It is based On a plot of forest that was planted near Bar Giora during the British Mandate, and mainly on the forests that were planted in the area in the 1950s by immigrants who settled in the areas of the area and in nearby Beit Shemesh.

KKL-Junk has trained in a park with picnic parking lots, active recreation facilities, and airfields, overlooking the views of the Jerusalem mountains and the Shefala.

Many hiking trails lead travelers to Mitzpofer, springs, natural forests and heritage sites.

: Moshav Bar Giora sits on the remains of the Alar camp, which was used as a resting place for British officers.

It can be assumed that thanks to this resort, the British planted one of the first Jerusalem pine forests in the country.

The forest was partially damaged by the snows of the 1990s.

KKL-Junk allows the old forest trees to recover and restores the natural forest, which includes a variety of wild tree species, including common oak, common cataleb, and Eretz Israelite ones.

: In the heart of the Sharon is a unique forest, unparalleled in Israel. 750 species of trees grow side by side , and represent a huge selection of places around the world. A tour of the forest is an experience for nature lovers and an opportunity to get acquainted with foreign, strange and wonderful trees, some of which have a fascinating exotic appearance. Its visitors have a unique experience.

: The scenic roads are controlled for the comfort of travelers and lead to a variety of landscapes and sites.

There are many parking lots along the scenic roads and most of them have accessible tables.

There is drinking water in the community parking lot in the forest.

There are several entrances to the forest from road 443, an entrance from the access road to Moshav Gamzo and an entrance from the Ligad center in Modi'in.

The main parking lots in the forest: the communities parking lot, the Mitzpe Modi'in parking lot, the Rana Nahum parking lot, the musical garden parking lot, the Dan Cooperative parking lot, and the Maccabi cemetery.

Yaer_Biriya, Ein Zeitim parking lot (Photo: Kamal Elian)

The ruins of Tanshem in the Shoham Forest (Photo: Kamel Elian Oved)

Ma'on Synagogue, Bari

Forest Bari Forest covers about 11,000 dunams in the Western Negev, in the Hebal HaBsur south of the Saad junction.

The landscape consists of green fields and open spaces and benefits, created due to a low amount of precipitation that causes the absence of vegetation and drift in the soft loess soil.

KKL-Junk has prepared a route for all types of vehicles in the area. As part of the trip, you can also visit the battle sites from 1948 in Kibbutz Bari, which was established overnight during the 11-point operation in the Negev, and it also has a spectacular

view

In the northeastern corner of the Sea of ​​Galilee, on the eastern bank of the Jordan - and it is covered with a dense thicket of vegetation, which creates a "forest" of stream banks. Many birds hide in the thicket of vegetation and turtles and fish swim in the water.

The park combines a variety of sites and recreational facilities, where tour routes are marked, the site of ancient flour mills with aqueducts and pools, the archaeological site of Beit Tsida, kayaking and tubing, lawns, picnic tables, small corners along the Jordan River, water fountains, playgrounds for children, buffets and public services.

forest The Miron-Biriya forest consists of three blocks of forests.

: extends between the Miron junction and the upper channel of Nahal Amud, near Kadita.

The first plantings in the forest began already during the British Mandate period.

It is a man-planted forest mixed with a natural grove, which offers rich flowering in the spring.

: extends to the east of the Miron forest.

This is an old coniferous forest, located between the Nahal Amud gorge and road 68.

: The eastern and main block of the forest lies between Highway 68 and Emek Hula.

The peaks of the mountains rise to a height of more than 900 m above sea level.

The vast majority of the forest consists of Jerusalem pine trees, but KKL

has also diversified with other types of trees, including Brutia pine, Canary pine, common cypress and Arizona cypress. The planted forest trees also include Atlantic cedar and pistachio.

, scenic roads and paths for pedestrians and cyclists and diversified the forest with pine plantations, broad-leaved trees and orchard trees.

Parking lots for outdoor recreation are scattered throughout the forest and explanatory signs have been placed next to the main sites that enrich the experience of visiting the forest.

The scenic roads and many of the parking lots are accessible to people with mobility disabilities.

In the forest there is a "path of health" - the renewed path of the righteous.

This is a unique asphalt trail about 3.5 km long in nature, adapted for safety and health walking. The trail was marked with KKL-Junk colors, green, blue and brown, while giving walkers an indication of the distance they have traveled.

KKL-Junk prepared the path of the righteous in 2005 with the help of its friends in Mexico, as a safety response to the residents of the area and the soldiers of the nearby bases, by preventing them from walking on the nearby road. With the establishment of the path, adults, teenagers, soldiers, etc. began to walk on it. Its becoming a popular site led to the further development that was done In 2019 out of a trend to encourage walking "for health".

The Black Arrow Monument (Photo: Shoki Ben Aharon)

The Black Arrow site is an

impressive monument overlooking the Jabaliya and Gaza area, and takes us back to the battle heritage of the paratroopers and to the days of retaliatory operations until Operation Kadesh in the 1950s.

In the monument, stone pillars are placed bearing descriptions of the paratroopers' operations and charts of battles, and the names of the martyrs of the brigade who fell in those operations are commemorated in it.

Next to the monument are the Armistice House, where representatives of Israel and Egypt met from time to time to discuss issues that were on the agenda.

Adjacent to the monument is a parking lot named after Aharleh Zuckerman, who was a member of Kibbutz Gavim.

The parking lot has picnic tables, water, a barbecue station and regular toilets.

The parking lot is accessible to people with disabilities.

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