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Dibbeen Forest Reserve

Dibbeen Forest Reserve

6.05km from King Talal Dam

Covers an area of 8.5 square kilometres (3.3 sq mi) of rolling hills covered with pine–oak habitat. It houses one of the oldest and naturally grown habitats of Aleppo Pines in Jordan. It also is the home to 17 endangered species such as the Persian Squirrel.

Jerash Museum

Jerash Museum

11.19km from King Talal Dam

A city filled with ruins from ancient history and one of the best-preserved Greco-Roman cities.

The Royal Automobile Museum متحف السيارات الملكي

The museum showcases a rare collection of Jordan's vehicles ranging from Hussein bin Ali's cars that came to Amman in 1916 to modern sports cars.

The Martyrs Museum

The Martyrs Museum

24.19km from King Talal Dam

War museum showcasing a rare collection of Jordan's military weapons, clothing and vehicles. It also serves as a memorial to the martyrs who gave their lives in the service of Jordan as early as 1915, starting with the Great Arab Revolution which was led by King Hussein bin Ali.

Amman Citadel

Amman Citadel

28.53km from King Talal Dam

L-shaped hill with a long history of occupation by many great civilizations- Assyrians, Babylonians, the Ptolemies, the Seleucids, Romans, Byzantines, and the Umayyads. The hill became the capital of the Kingdom of Ammon sometime after 1200 BC. The major buildings at the site are the Temple of Hercules, a Byzantine church, and the Umayyad Palace.

Roman Theatre

Roman Theatre

28.94km from King Talal Dam

6,000 seat second-century Roman theatre. It dates back to the Roman period when the city was known as Philadelphia.

Roman Nymphaeum Amman

Roman Nymphaeum Amman

28.95km from King Talal Dam

Roman Nymphaeum Amman is a partially preserved Roman public fountain believed to have contained a 600 square meters pool which was three meters deep. The nymphaeum was built in the 2nd century CE and it was continuously refilled with water.

The Jordan Museum

The Jordan Museum

29.13km from King Talal Dam

Largest museum in Jordan hosting the country's most important archaeological findings. The museum presents artifacts from various prehistoric archaeological sites in Jordan, including the 7500 BC Ain Ghazal statues which are regarded as one of the oldest human statues ever made by human civilization.

Royal Tank Museum

Royal Tank Museum

32.93km from King Talal Dam

20,000 sq. m of exhibition space divided into thirteen halls showcasing hundreds of light and heavy military items placed in their historic chronological order. It features around 110 tanks, many of which are historical and were used in Jordan's past wars and battles.

Mount Nebo

Mount Nebo

47.85km from King Talal Dam

It is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the place where Moses was granted a view of the Promised Land. The West Bank city of Jericho and Jerusalem are visible from the summit on a very clear day.

St George's Greek Orthodox Church

St George's Greek Orthodox Church

52.66km from King Talal Dam

The Madaba Map, also known as the Madaba Mosaic Map, is part of a floor mosaic in the church. The Madaba Map is of the Middle East, and part of it contains the oldest surviving original cartographic depiction of the Holy Land and especially Jerusalem. It dates to the 6th century AD.

Madaba Archaeological Park

Madaba Archaeological Park

52.87km from King Talal Dam

Established to preserve and make accessible to the public archaeological remains from Roman times and several valuable Byzantine mosaic floors.

Qasr al-Mushatta

Qasr al-Mushatta

53.49km from King Talal Dam

Ruin of an Umayyad winter palace, part of a string of castles, palaces and caravanserais known collectively in Jordan as the Desert Castles. Though much of the ruins can still be found in the site, the most striking feature of the palace, its facade, has been removed and is on display at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin.

Ma'in Hot Springs

Ma'in Hot Springs

67.62km from King Talal Dam

A series of hot mineral springs and waterfalls located 264 meters (866 feet) below sea level. The springs contains important elements such as sodium, calcium, chloride, radon, hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide.

Fortress of Machaerus

Fortress of Machaerus

71.75km from King Talal Dam

A fortified hilltop palace, it is the location of the imprisonment and execution of John the Baptist. It was originally built by the Hasmonean king, Alexander Jannaeus (104 BC-78 BC) in about the year 90 BC. The hilltop, which stands about 1,100 meters above Dead Sea level, is surrounded on all sides by deep ravines which provide great natural strength.

Umm ar-Rasas

Umm ar-Rasas

77.37km from King Talal Dam

Situated in the Jordanian Desert, the site has been allied to the biblical settlement of Mephaat mentioned in the Book of Jeremiah. The Roman military utilized the site as a strategic garrison, but it was later converted and inhabited by Christian and Islamic communities. The mosaic floor of the Church of St Stephen made in 785 (discovered after 1986) is the most important discovery on the site. The perfectly preserved mosaic floor is the largest in Jordan.

Dead Sea

Dead Sea

77.51km from King Talal Dam

The surface and the shores of the dead sea are 425 meters below the sea level, making it Earth's lowest elevation on land. It is also one of the saltiest water bodies in the world- 9.6 times as salty as the oceans making plant and animal life impossible in Dead Sea.

Rainbow Magic Land

Rainbow Magic Land

78.55km from King Talal Dam

MagicLand is an Italian amusement park, opened on May 26, 2011, in Valmontone in the metropolitan city of Rome. The theme park was inaugurated on May 25, 2011, and was opened to the public on May 26, 2011. From 2011 to 2018 the park was involved in various changes of the administrative body. Since 2019 MagicLand is under the management of Pillarstone Italy. It has so many interesting rides and also you can spend a nice time there.

Qasr al-Kharaneh

Qasr al-Kharaneh

79.56km from King Talal Dam

Desert castle built sometime before the early 8th century AD. The purpose of this building is still unclear- the building's internal arrangement does not suggest a military use, and slits in its wall could not have been designed for arrowslits. It could have been a resting place for traders, but lacks the water source such buildings usually had close by and is not on any major trade routes.

Wadi Mujib

Wadi Mujib

86.44km from King Talal Dam

Wadi Mujib, the biblical Arnon stream is a river canyon which enters the Dead Sea at 420 metres (1,380 ft) below sea level. The canyon consists of mountainous, rocky, and sparsely vegetated desert (up to 800 metres (2,600 ft)), with cliffs and gorges cutting through plateaus. Perennial, spring-fed streams flow to the shores of the Dead Sea.

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King Talal Dam

King Talal Dam

King Talal Dam, Jordan

106 meters high dam built to store winter rains and treated wastewater from Amman and Zarqa for irrigation in the Jordan Valley.