Hi,
We went out for a short walk in the rain (that refuse to come) in Hod-Hasharon Ecological Park. We wore boots and coats and took umbrellas. Although it seemed it will rain any minute, it only started raining as we were driving back home.
The Park is built underneath the Mount of Garbage, a garbage dump that is no longer used, and gives a beautiful 360 panorama view, all the way from Ramat Gan Diamond Exchange towers to Shomron mountains.
The park consists of a large artificial lake that holds dirt water and is used to clean it before flows down to the Yarkon River. A bridge is crossing the lake with a shed in the middle allowing you to watch the birds nesting in the lake. Another two bird-watching sheds are located along the walkway that circles the lake.
Along the walkway flows Hadar stream which is a treated wastewater stream and can be crossed by several bridges. A km down the stream, it flows to the Yarkon river.
Take Care
Gad
Hod-Hasharon park
Hod-Hasharon Ecological Park – The lake, the bridge, and the hill above them.
The lake and one of the bird-watching sheds on the lake.
Hadar stream from one of the bridges.
The hill from its foot.
And we start climbing it. The sign says the way is to walk around the hill to Abu-Kishk ruins where the trail up starts. Nobody is walking around and the sign is to remove responsibility from the municipality as this way is not safe.
Halfway up the hill. The lake and Hod-HaSharon industry area to the East
Abu Kishk
old school ruins down to the west.
A hanukkiah on the top of the hill (it is Chanukah after all).
The lake and Hod-HaSharon industry area to the East.
Petah Tikva and Yarkon river to the south
.Ramat Gan Diamond Exchange towers and the promising cloud to the West.
Hod Hasharon to the North
Back down – the other bridge over Hadar stream.
Vegetation in the lake, In the bird-watching shed
Common snakes in the Sharon