Um qais toward Al-Arab dam
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 7.5 mi
- Elevation gain
- 627 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 1,447 ft
- Max elevation
- 1,109 ft
- TrailRank
- 34
- Min elevation
- 147 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Moving time
- 2 hours 59 minutes
- Time
- 5 hours 36 minutes
- Coordinates
- 2047
- Uploaded
- April 1, 2022
- Recorded
- April 2022
near Umm Qays, Irbid (Jordan)
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Itinerary description
One of the very good trail , you will start from Archeological site (Gadara). It was a centre of Greek culture in the region during the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
The oldest archaeological evidence at Umm Qais, extends back to the second half of the third century BC. and the site appears to have been founded as a military colony by Alexander the Great's Macedonian Greeks. However, the site's name "Gadara" is not Greek in origin, but rather a Greek version of a local Semitic name meaning "fortifications" or "the fortified city" suggesting the military colony was founded on a pre-existing fortified site.
The oldest archaeological evidence at Umm Qais, extends back to the second half of the third century BC. and the site appears to have been founded as a military colony by Alexander the Great's Macedonian Greeks. However, the site's name "Gadara" is not Greek in origin, but rather a Greek version of a local Semitic name meaning "fortifications" or "the fortified city" suggesting the military colony was founded on a pre-existing fortified site.
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Panorama
1,078 ft
Monument
Tree
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