Highway 98 (Israel)
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Highway 98 is the primary north-south highway in the Golan Heights in northeastern Israel. It is shaped like an archer's bow, and it runs parallel to the eastern border of Israel with Syria. The route runs from Tzemah junction south of the Kinneret, first through the Yarmuk valley, then it rises up a steep slope into the Golan Heights and crosses it until it reaches the lowest cable-car station on the Hermon Mountain. There it meets Route 999, which continues to Dov Mountain. Highway 98 is one of the steepest in Israel, rising from 210 meters below sea level at the Kinneret to 1600 meters above sea level on the Hermon.
[edit] Places of interest near Highway 98
- The Kinneret
- Hamat Gader (חמת גדר)
- שמורת טבע מצוקי האון
- שמורת נחל מיצר
- נחל אל על ושמורת אל על
- שמורת אירוס הביצות
- שמורת אירוס חושניה
- שמורת רכס בשנית
- A view into Kuneitra across the Syrian border
- שמורת הר אביטל
- שמורת הר חרמונית
- עמק הבכא
- יער אודם
- בריכת רם
- נחל סער
- Hermon mountain
