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Ancient Middle Eastern town · Jordan

# Heshbon

Heshbon were at least two different ancient towns located east of the Jordan River in what is now the Kingdom of Jordan, historically within the territories of ancient Ammon.

![Heshbon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Tell_Hesban_%28Column%29.jpg)

Heshbon · Wikimedia Commons

The place

Heshbon were at least two different ancient towns located east of the Jordan River in what is now the Kingdom of Jordan, historically within the territories of ancient Ammon.

Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heshbon), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

## Getting to Heshbon

**Airports:** Queen Alia (AMM), 19 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 26 km · Ben Gurion (TLV), 90 km\

- Aqaba → Heshbon Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/aqaba-to-heshbon) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Aqaba&to=Heshbon)
- Tel Aviv → Heshbon Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/tel-aviv-to-heshbon) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Tel+Aviv&to=Heshbon)
- Damascus → Heshbon Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/damascus-to-heshbon) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Damascus&to=Heshbon)
- From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Heshbon)

Not yet researched

## No local-transport research exists yet for Heshbon

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Heshbon. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around

- Get in Also, there are frequent minibuses from the 7th circle in Amman (1 JD)—they come from the center direction and take a turn south onto the airport road, directly after which you will find the bus stop.
- Get in You can also get buses from the Mahatta bus station, and minibuses from the Muhajireen bus station near the Jordan Museum (0.65 JD) which enter Madaba from the west rather than from Airport Rd.

From [Wikivoyage: Madaba](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Madaba), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done

1. [Petra and Wadi Musa](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/petra) JO 12 ways of moving, 17 sources 167 km
2. [Wadi Rum](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/wadi-rum) JO 8 ways of moving, 23 sources 250 km
3. [Dahab](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/dahab) EG 8 ways of moving, 29 sources 388 km
4. [Kastellorizo](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kastellorizo) GR 8 ways of moving, 27 sources 750 km
5. [Naxos](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/naxos) GR 12 ways of moving, 17 sources 1,113 km

If you know how people move in Heshbon – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cheshbon&title=Heshbon&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fheshbon), and the note gets an entry.

Around it

## Next door to Heshbon

Heshbon is 21 km from [Amman](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/amman), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

- [Al \`Al](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/al-al) human settlement in Jordan 2.9 km
- [Biddin](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/biddin) human settlement in Jordan 4.3 km
- [Bayt Zir\`ah](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bayt-zir-ah) human settlement 5.3 km
- [Hisban](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/hisban) human settlement in Jordan 800 m
- [Al Hawwasiyah](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/al-hawwasiyah) human settlement 4.3 km
- [Barazin](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/barazin) human settlement 5.8 km

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