Jerusalem National Park

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The area proposed as a National Park consists of the biblical valleys of Hinnom and Kidron, today mostly barren, and the adjoining ridges of Mount Scopus, the Mount of Olives and Mount of Offence to the east.

The area covers about 600 acres of unique historic importance and the beauty of its natural landscape has been enriched by a treasury of handsome structures and monuments of various periods of past ages. The park area was basically approved and partly developed and planted in the last few years. The aim of the scheme was to create a green belt around the city walls - a vibrant, unifying element, linking the Old City with the hills to the east and with the new Jerusalem quarters to the west.