Elevation of Bet Shemesh, Jerusalem, Israel
Bet Shemesh, Jerusalem, Israel is 273 m (896 ft) above sea level.
Bet Shemesh's height from sea level is 273 metres, or 896 feet. GeoNames reads 282 m at the same point (SRTM); Wikidata records 220 m.
Ground within 5 km
Mean 314 m across the 9.4 km square centred on the town, 362 m from its lowest cell to its highest.
Cross-section through Bet Shemesh
Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 26.6 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Bet Shemesh; the vertical scale is the same on both.
Shading is a north-west light over the grid's own slopes. Colour follows elevation: sea level and below, 0–200 m, 500 m, 1,000 m, 2,000 m, 3,500 m, 5,000 m and above.
Towns near Bet Shemesh
| Town | Distance | Direction | Elevation | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ẕur Hadassa | 10.7 km | E | 730 m (2,395 ft) | +457 m |
| Wadi Fukin (Palestine) | 11.8 km | E | 654 m (2,146 ft) | +381 m |
| Karme Yosef | 12.9 km | NW | 229 m (751 ft) | −44 m |
| Şūrīf (Palestine) | 13 km | SE | 544 m (1,785 ft) | +271 m |
| Qiryat Ye'arim | 13.1 km | NE | 716 m (2,349 ft) | +443 m |
Peaks and passes near Bet Shemesh
- Mount Nabi Yunis, peak at 1,030 m (3,379 ft), 21.8 km to the SE — 757 m above the town.
- Mount Scopus, peak at 826 m (2,710 ft), 23.9 km to the E — 553 m above the town.
- Mount of Olives, peak at 818 m (2,684 ft), 24.7 km to the E — 545 m above the town.
Summit heights from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), within 25 km; only summits higher than the town are listed.
Where Bet Shemesh is
Latitude 31.74704, longitude 34.9881. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.
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About this reading
The elevation is the value of the GMTED2010 terrain grid (USGS/NGA, 30 arc-second cells of about 1 km) at Bet Shemesh's recorded coordinates. It is the height of the ground in that cell, not of any building; a town on a slope spans several cells, and the range above says how much that matters here. GeoNames' reading of 282 m comes from a finer 90 m SRTM grid at the point it records for the town, which may sit a few hundred metres from ours; the two agreeing to within a few metres is the usual case on flat ground, and a larger gap means the ground is steep. Wikidata's figure is the one its editors cite for the town, often from a survey marker or the town hall.