Discover Jokne'am

Jokne'am has two specific routes to consider when planning a trip: a cycling route through Nahal Karet Park and the Yokneam Forest Promenade, which provides walkers and cyclists with a continuous transition from the city into nature. The route lengths and their respective points of reference help distinguish between the two options.

Cycling Route and Yokneam Forest Promenade

The cycling route through Yokneam is approximately four kilometres long. The city dates the construction of the route to 2018; the section newly built at the time, between Rabin Park and Ort Alon High School, is approximately 1.5 kilometres long. If you plan to use the route for a current ride, check its condition beforehand.

The Yokneam Forest Promenade is approximately seven kilometres long and runs along the boundary between the city and the forest. It provides walkers and cyclists with a continuous transition from the city into nature. By comparison, it is longer than the approximately four-kilometre cycling route. The approximately 1.5-kilometre figure refers instead to the section between Rabin Park and Ort Alon High School, not to the entire cycling route.

Archaeological Sites in the Northern District

In the wider travel destination of the Northern District, Tel Hazor and Tel Megiddo represent different archaeological highlights. Tel Hazor is a biblical tell with significant remains of a city associated with biblical accounts. The visit focuses on the upper city. Tel Hazor includes Solomon’s Gate, a six-chambered gate with two towers dating from the 10th century BCE. Tel Hazor National Park can be reached from the north and south via Route 90 in the direction of Ayelet Hashahar; check your navigation before setting out.

Another historical landmark at Tel Hazor is the Canaanite palace, used by the kings of Hazor in the 14th and 13th centuries BCE. The Late Bronze Age palace is considered the most elaborate in Israel and one of the most significant in the Levant. Archaeological features also include an underground water-collection system, an advanced engineering achievement adapted to the geography for water storage. An excavated shaft is 45 metres deep; three-metre-wide steps are carved into the walls of the vertical shaft.

Tel Megiddo is one of three tells that preserve significant remains of cities associated with biblical accounts and are closely connected with events in the Bible. The Early Bronze Age temple complex is exceptional in terms of the number of its temples, the continuity of its cult practices, and its documented ritual activities. The orthogonal city plan dates from the Iron Age and has few parallels in the Levant. Thus, two different historical landmarks stand side by side at Tel Megiddo: the Early Bronze Age temple complex and the Iron Age city plan.

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