Hi,
We went hiking today in the Tomb hill of Migdal Tsedek National Park (where we hiked before but not this trail). It is a nice trail, but not for such a hot and sunny day as we had today. And surely not at noon.
There are not so many tombs on the hill as the name of the trail suggests, at least not so many you can see when the bushes are so high. But the trail has many signs about the place the flora and the animals around it which make it educational with interest points.
Take Care
Gad
The entrance to the Tomb hill, you see any shade? no, cause there is almost no shade along this trail path
On the path
The first tomb. Visit the graves, so you will remember the Day of Judgment (Muslim Hadith)
A memorial for Elijah Hoisler, that fell on the fight over the hill in the War of Independence.
The lookout on the edge of the hill: A view to the East over Gush Dan and Tel Afek. A sign on Open spaces and development
Hot and no shade
Rosh HaAyin and a The Amazing Bird Migration sign
Migdal Tsedek castle on the other hill
“… a pit will not be filled from the water that falls directly into its mouth” (Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 16,1)
A view over the old quarry (inside the national park) and the new quarry behind it
Residents of the Park
Beneath and above the rock
Second Temple-era burial grave. Atzva, Jannaeus and Mindal trying to see what inside the cave
The Byzantine water reservoir
“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks” (John Muir)
Cultural Landscapes
The history of the place
Hiking trails in Migdal Tsedek National Park sign
Signs to the other hiking trails in the park