historic highway
Scorpions Ascent (Ma'ale Akrabim)
A serpentine 1950s road built over an ancient Nabataean-Roman trade route, snaking down the Negev cliffs toward the Arava with dizzying desert switchbacks.
30 km · about 35 min drive
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‘Ar‘ara BaNegev
Southern District, Israel · Asia
About ‘Ar‘ara BaNegev
‘Ar‘ara BaNegev is worth a stop: 20 minutes from Dimona, 44km from Ein Avdat.
‘Ar‘ara BaNegev is in Southern District, Israel, with about 18,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Dimona, about 10 km away.
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What is there to see near ‘Ar‘ara BaNegev?
Within an hour or so of ‘Ar‘ara BaNegev: Scorpions Ascent (Ma'ale Akrabim) (30 km), Dead Sea, Ein Bokek (33 km), Masada (36 km), Ein Avdat (44 km).
Are there any good drives near ‘Ar‘ara BaNegev?
The nearest famous roads are Scorpions Ascent (Ma'ale Akrabim), King's Highway and Dana to Petra Trail.
Where is ‘Ar‘ara BaNegev?
‘Ar‘ara BaNegev is in Southern District, Israel, about 10 km from Dimona.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 17,640
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Israel
- Region
- Southern District
- Timezone
- Asia/Jerusalem
- Coordinates
- 31.1605, 35.0227
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Worth the detour from ‘Ar‘ara BaNegev
6 notable places within an hour's drive.
beach
Dead Sea, Ein Bokek
The main beach and resort area on the Israeli shore of the Dead Sea, known for therapeutic mud baths and salt-crystal-covered shores.
33 km · about 40 min drive
ancient ruins
Masada
An ancient Roman fortress atop an isolated rock plateau overlooking the Dead Sea, site of the last Jewish stand against Rome in 73 CE.
36 km · about 40 min drive
natural wonder
Ein Avdat
A gorge in the Negev's Zin Valley where three springs feed pools and a waterfall between white chalk walls, with Nabataean and Byzantine monastic caves cut into the cliff. Ibex come down to drink at the pools.
44 km · about 50 min drive
natural wonder
Ein Gedi Nature Reserve
A lush oasis of waterfalls, pools, and wildlife on the shores of the Dead Sea in the Judean Desert.
49 km · about 55 min drive
natural wonder
Wadi Ibn Hammad
A warm-spring canyon northwest of Karak where travertine walls drip with ferns and moss and the shallow stream is walked rather than followed on a path. Tropical in feel, and almost entirely visited by Jordanians.
59 km · about 70 min drive
Driving roads near ‘Ar‘ara BaNegev
3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
- 30 kmScorpions Ascent (Ma'ale Akrabim)A serpentine 1950s road built over an ancient Nabataean-Roman trade route, snaking down the Negev cliffs toward the Arava with dizzying desert switchbacks.
- 65 kmKing's HighwayOne of the world's oldest continuously used routes, winding 280 km from Madaba to Petra past Karak's crusader castle, Dana's cliffs and the mighty Wadi Mujib canyon.
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