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

Ancient Middle Eastern town

# 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.

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## Every way there

- 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)
- Cairo → Heshbon Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cairo-to-heshbon) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cairo&to=Heshbon)
- Beirut → Heshbon Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/beirut-to-heshbon) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Beirut&to=Heshbon)

The field note

What is in and around Heshbon, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Heshbon has

- Yes Scheduled flights Amman (AMM), 19 km as the crow flies
- No Trains and coaches no timetable feed known for this country
- No Ferries no crossing within 25 km
- Yes Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
- No Bike and scooter share no share feed known
- No Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere

Yes: you can plan it here today · Not yet: we know a source but do not plan with it yet · No: no source we know of.

31.801°, 35.809°

How locals move

## Getting around Heshbon the local way

- 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. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heshbon), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.


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