Detourmap
Places worth the detour in Israel
Detourmap lists 399 places in Israel, across 2 kinds of detour; archaeological & historic sites are the largest group (217). Best known: Sea of Galilee. 283 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Places
- 399
- Oldest here
- Tel Megiddo 6999 BC
- Little known
- 283 of 399
- City pages
- 8
By region
4 first-level divisions of Israel have enough places for a page of their own.
By city
8 cities in Israel have enough places for a page of their own.
Archaeological & historic sites in Israel 217
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2.Capernaum
Archaeological · 2nd century BC · Renowned
Village at Lake Tiberias in the north of historical Judea, associated with Jesus
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5.Tel Megiddo
Archaeological · 70th century BC · Renowned
Site of an ancient city in northern Israel's Jezreel valley
Nature & landscapes in Israel 182
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2.Mount of Olives
Nature · Renowned
Mountain in Jerusalem that is mentioned several times in the Bible
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3.Mount Tabor
Nature · Renowned
Mountain in northern Israel traditionally believed to be the scene of the Transfiguration of Jesus
Questions about this page
What is the best known place worth the detour in Israel?
Sea of Galilee. Largest freshwater lake in Israel. It leads because more Wikipedia language editions cover it than any other place here.
How many places worth the detour are there in Israel?
399: 217 archaeological & historic sites and 182 nature & landscapes. 283 of them are little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages.
What is the oldest place on this map in Israel?
Tel Megiddo, dated to 6999 BC. 53 of the 399 places here carry a founding date at all, and 18 of those predate the year 1000.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.