Adh Dhayd is worth a stop: 30 minutes from Al Manāmah, 43km from Al Rafisah Dam.
Adh Dhayd is in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, with about 20,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Al Manāmah, about 15 km away.
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Within an hour or so of Adh Dhayd: Mleiha Archaeological Centre (18 km), Al Rafisah Dam (43 km), Fujairah East Coast (48 km), Khor Fakkan Amphitheatre & Waterfall (48 km).
Are there any good drives near Adh Dhayd?
The nearest famous roads are Jebel Jais Road, Jebel Jais Mountain Road and Jebel Hafeet Mountain Road.
Where is Adh Dhayd?
Adh Dhayd is in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, about 15 km from Al Manāmah.
Road trip
Drive to Adh Dhayd
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A desert site in Sharjah's interior with Bronze Age tombs, a Umm an-Nar circular grave and evidence of stone tools 125,000 years old, presented in a centre built into the dunes. Fossil Rock rises nearby.
18 km · about 20 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Al Rafisah Dam
A reservoir ringed by bare Hajar peaks on the road into Khor Fakkan, with kayaks for hire and a lakeside restaurant. A short walk upstream leads into Wadi Shees and its rock pools.
43 km · about 50 min drive
beach
Fujairah East Coast
The UAE's only coast on the Gulf of Oman with rugged Hajar Mountains meeting the sea, offering diving, snorkeling, and the historic Al Bidya Mosque.
48 km · about 55 min drive
photogenic
Khor Fakkan Amphitheatre & Waterfall
A Roman-styled amphitheatre on the Gulf of Oman shore, backed by a tiered man-made waterfall that cascades down the mountainside and is floodlit after dark. The mountain road in from Sharjah is the real draw.
48 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
Dubai Frame
A 150-meter-tall picture-frame-shaped structure offering views of old Dubai on one side and the modern skyline on the other from its glass-bottomed skywalk.
59 km · about 70 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Hatta
A mountainous exclave of Dubai with a turquoise reservoir dam, heritage village, and Hajar Mountain hiking trails offering a desert escape.
60 km · about 70 min drive
Driving roads near Adh Dhayd
43 kmAl Rafisah DamA reservoir ringed by bare Hajar peaks on the road into Khor Fakkan, with kayaks for hire and a lakeside restaurant. A short walk upstream leads into Wadi Shees and its rock pools.
60 kmHattaA mountainous exclave of Dubai with a turquoise reservoir dam, heritage village, and Hajar Mountain hiking trails offering a desert escape.
77 kmJebel Jais RoadA 33km climb up the UAE's highest mountain on a wide, immaculate road with viewing decks at the top.
79 kmJebel Jais Mountain RoadA silky multi-lane ribbon of hairpins climbing the UAE's highest mountain to nearly 1,900 m in Ras Al Khaimah: a magnet for supercars, cyclists and sunset chasers.