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Places worth the detour in Jerusalem

105 places worth going out of your way for lie within 30 km of Jerusalem, Israel, across 2 kinds of detour; archaeological & historic sites are the largest group (67). Best known: Western Wall. 66 of them rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.

Archaeological67 Nature38
Within 30 km
105
Oldest
Tell es-Sultan 9600 BC
Little known
66 of 105
Most from
20th century
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Western Wall
Western Wall · Photo: Ralf Roletschek · GFDL 1.2 · Wikimedia Commons

The 60 best known, ranked 105

Ranked by how many Wikipedia editions cover them. The other 45 are on the map and on the Israel pages.

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Within reach of Jerusalem

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Questions about this page

What is worth seeing near Jerusalem?

105 places within 30 km: 67 archaeological & historic sites and 38 nature & landscapes. The best known is Western Wall.

Is there anything near Jerusalem that most visitors miss?

66 of these 105 places rank as little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages, which is usually the difference between a queue and an empty path. They are in the ranked list below, furthest down.

What is the oldest thing near Jerusalem?

Tell es-Sultan, dated to 9600 BC.

How is the 30 km radius measured?

As the crow flies from the centre of Jerusalem, not by driving time. A place inside the circle can still be a long way round by road, and the distance to each is on its card on the map.

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.