Karkom
Karkom is a community settlement in northern Israel.
Karkom is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located in the Korazim Plateau, near the Jordan River, east of Hatzor HaGlilit and just north of the Sea of Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 445.
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Worth seeing in and around Karkom
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Bethsaida
Bethsaida, also known as Julias or Julia, is a place mentioned in the New Testament. Julias lay in an administrative district known as Gaulonitis, now the Golan Heights.
3.1 km · archaeological site in Israel · Wikipedia - 02Ed-Dikke synagogue
The ed-Dikke Synagogue is an ancient Jewish synagogue, located 3 km north of the Sea of Galilee on the eastern bank of the Jordan River in what are the Golan Heights,, Syria.
1.9 km · ancient synagogue · Wikipedia
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Getting to Karkom
- Airports
- Beirut Rafic Hariri (BEY), 100 km · Damascus (DAM), 100 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 112 km
- Tel Aviv → Karkom122 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · ₪55–70
- Eilat → Karkom380 km · quickest by road, 7h 39m · ₪150–200
- Amman → Karkom113 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · JD6–8
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Karkom
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 Karkom. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextSafed is an ideal location for basing many day trips in the northern area of Israel.
From Wikivoyage: Safed, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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If you know how people move in Karkom – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Karkom
Karkom is 47 km from Irbid, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Had Neshuman settlement in the Golan heights3.2 km
- Al-Butayhavillage in Safad, Mandatory Palestine2.1 km
- Al-Zanghariyyavillage in Safad, Mandatory Palestine2.4 km