national park
Dana Nature Reserve
Jordan's largest nature reserve spanning four bio-geographical zones from sandstone cliffs to desert wadis, with the ancient village of Dana on its edge.
23 km · about 25 min drive
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Aţ Ţafīlah
Tafielah, Jordan · Asia
About Aţ Ţafīlah
Aţ Ţafīlah is worth a stop: 20 minutes from Buşayrā, 23km from Dana Nature Reserve.
Aţ Ţafīlah is in Tafielah, Jordan, with about 25,000 people. The nearest town is Buşayrā, about 12 km away.
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What is there to see near Aţ Ţafīlah?
Within an hour or so of Aţ Ţafīlah: Dana Nature Reserve (23 km), Dana to Petra Trail (28 km), Shobak Castle (34 km), King's Highway (39 km).
Are there any good drives near Aţ Ţafīlah?
The nearest famous roads are Dana to Petra Trail, King's Highway and Scorpions Ascent (Ma'ale Akrabim).
Where is Aţ Ţafīlah?
Aţ Ţafīlah is in Tafielah, Jordan, about 12 km from Buşayrā.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 25,429
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Jordan
- Region
- Tafielah
- Timezone
- Asia/Amman
- Coordinates
- 30.8375, 35.6044
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Worth the detour from Aţ Ţafīlah
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
famous road
Dana to Petra Trail
A spectacular multi-day hiking trail through Jordan's Great Rift Valley connecting Dana Nature Reserve to Petra through dramatic desert canyons.
28 km · about 35 min drive
castle
Shobak Castle
The first Crusader fortress in Oultrejourdain, built by Baldwin I in 1115 on a lone hill above the King's Highway. A 375-step secret stairway drops through the rock to a spring far below.
34 km · about 40 min drive
historic highway
King's Highway
One of the world's oldest continuously used routes, winding 280 km from Madaba to Petra past Karak's crusader castle, Dana's cliffs and the mighty Wadi Mujib canyon.
39 km · about 45 min drive
beach
Dead Sea, Ein Bokek
The main beach and resort area on the Israeli shore of the Dead Sea, known for therapeutic mud baths and salt-crystal-covered shores.
46 km · about 55 min drive
historic highway
Scorpions Ascent (Ma'ale Akrabim)
A serpentine 1950s road built over an ancient Nabataean-Roman trade route, snaking down the Negev cliffs toward the Arava with dizzying desert switchbacks.
47 km · about 55 min drive
natural wonder
Wadi Ibn Hammad
A warm-spring canyon northwest of Karak where travertine walls drip with ferns and moss and the shallow stream is walked rather than followed on a path. Tropical in feel, and almost entirely visited by Jordanians.
51 km · about 60 min drive
ancient ruins
Little Petra (Siq al-Barid)
A Nabataean satellite settlement 8km north of Petra, its narrow cold canyon lined with rock-cut triclinia and the Painted House, whose ceiling frescoes of vines and cupids are the best-surviving Nabataean painting anywhere.
53 km · about 60 min drive
Driving roads near Aţ Ţafīlah
- 28 kmDana to Petra TrailA spectacular multi-day hiking trail through Jordan's Great Rift Valley connecting Dana Nature Reserve to Petra through dramatic desert canyons.
- 39 kmKing's HighwayOne of the world's oldest continuously used routes, winding 280 km from Madaba to Petra past Karak's crusader castle, Dana's cliffs and the mighty Wadi Mujib canyon.
- 47 kmScorpions Ascent (Ma'ale Akrabim)A serpentine 1950s road built over an ancient Nabataean-Roman trade route, snaking down the Negev cliffs toward the Arava with dizzying desert switchbacks.
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