Detourmap
Places worth the detour in Saudi Arabia
Detourmap lists 42 places in Saudi Arabia, across 2 kinds of detour; nature & landscapes are the largest group (27). Best known: Gulf of Aqaba. 19 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Places
- 42
- Oldest here
- Murqib Al-Hussain 1900
- Little known
- 19 of 42
- Most from
- 20th century
Nature & landscapes in Saudi Arabia 27
Archaeological & historic sites in Saudi Arabia 15
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5.Bir Hima Rock Petroglyphs and Inscriptions
Archaeological · Notable
Ancient settlement in Saudi Arabia
Questions about this page
What is the best known place worth the detour in Saudi Arabia?
Gulf of Aqaba. Gulf in the Middle East. It leads because more Wikipedia language editions cover it than any other place here.
How many places worth the detour are there in Saudi Arabia?
42: 27 nature & landscapes and 15 archaeological & historic sites. 19 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 Saudi Arabia?
Murqib Al-Hussain, dated to 1900. 4 of the 42 places here carry a founding date at all.
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.