--- title: "Nirit – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Nirit, Israel: Nirit is a community settlement in central Israel. Nearby: Qesem Cave, Kfar Qassem Football Stadium. Every way there from the planner, and…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/nirit" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/nirit.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Nirit1_%282%29.JPG" --- Community settlement in central Israel · Central District # Nirit Nirit is a community settlement in central Israel. ![Nirit](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Nirit1_%282%29.JPG) Nirit · Wikimedia Commons The place Nirit is a community settlement in central Israel. Located near Matan and the Horshim forest, it falls under the jurisdiction of Drom HaSharon Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 1,016. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirit), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Nirit 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. 1. Qesem Cave Qesem Cave is a Lower Paleolithic archaeological site near the city of Kafr Qasim in Israel. The site was occupied by early humans from about 400,000 to about 200,000 years ago. 3.8 km · Archaeological site · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qesem_Cave) 2. Kfar Qassem Football Stadium Kfar Qassem Municipal Stadium, is a football stadium currently being built in Kfar Qasim for F.C. Kafr Qasim, the football team of the town. Once completed in 2020, the new stadium will include 8,000 seats, along with all the Facilities that required by the regulations. 2.6 km · football stadium in Kfar Qasim, Israel · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kfar_Qassem_Football_Stadium) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Nirit **Airports:** Ben Gurion (TLV), 17 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 97 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 106 km\ - Eilat → Nirit 288 km · quickest by air, 3h 31m · ₪320–500 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/eilat-to-nirit) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Eilat&to=Nirit) - Amman → Nirit 93 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · JD6–8 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/amman-to-nirit) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Amman&to=Nirit) - El Arish → Nirit 160 km · quickest by road, 4h 46m · E£375–500 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/el-arish-to-nirit) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=El+Arish&to=Nirit) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Nirit) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Nirit 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 Nirit. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in Shared taxis run along route 51, enter Petah Tikva along Jabotinsky road (via Ramat Gan and Bnei Brak) on a 24/7 basis. From [Wikivoyage: Petah Tikva](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Petah_Tikva), 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 207 km 2. [Wadi Rum](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/wadi-rum) JO 8 ways of moving, 23 sources 289 km 3. [Dahab](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/dahab) EG 8 ways of moving, 29 sources 408 km 4. [Kastellorizo](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kastellorizo) GR 8 ways of moving, 27 sources 667 km 5. [Naxos](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/naxos) GR 12 ways of moving, 17 sources 1,027 km If you know how people move in Nirit – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cnirit&title=Nirit&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fnirit), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Nirit Nirit is 20 km from [Tel Aviv](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tel-aviv), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Kafr Qasim](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kafr-qasim) city in Israel 3.4 km - [Oranit](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/oranit) Israeli settlement in the West Bank 2 km - [Jaljulia](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/jaljulia) human settlement in Israel 3.1 km - [Kafr Bara](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kafr-bara) Arab-Muslim village in central Israel 1.8 km - [Habla](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/habla) municipality in Qalqilya Governorate 2.4 km - [Azzun Atma](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/azzun-atma) village council in Qalqilya Governorate 3.9 km [The place page for Nirit](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/nirit) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Israel](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-IL) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/nirit, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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