Yarkon Park – Accessible Israel Trail on the Yarkon River – Stage A

KKL-JNFAccess IsraelIsrael Government Tourist

CorporationNational Insurance Institute of

IsraelIsrael Nature and Parks

AuthorityYarkon Drainage AuthoritySouthern Sharon Regional

CouncilPetah TikvaHod HaSharon

Accessible Yarkon Trail – Concrete House Section

Petah Tikva – Segula Industrial Area

Existing trail on right bank

Planned trail on right bank

Existing trail on left bank

Paths to surrounding

communities

National Park (entrance fee)

Entrance

Existing bridge

Planned bridge 

Baptist Village

Hod HaSharon

Constructed wetlands

Bet Leah

Southern Sharon Regional Council

Yarkon Sources National Park

Train bridge

Water lily pool

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B

C

D

EF

PP

Concrete House1.2 km + entrance

Yarkonim Junction

Accessible Yarkon Trail – Concrete House Section – current stateBicycle trail (stabilized bedding) and bridge – 2011

MeanderEnd of the existing asphalt

Bedding road for vehicles On an existing farming road

New parking areaRoad – bedding with fine aggregate finish connected to the grove – surface for passenger disembarkation and a number of accessible concrete parking bays

Road 5

Baptist Village

Accessible trail On the existing bicycle trail up to the northern edge – the meander (350 m)

Concrete house

Yarkon River

Yarkon River

Footbridge

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Accessible Yarkon Trail – Concrete House Section  

Accessible trail – concrete finish Along the river through the grove,ca. 100 m from the Concrete House to the footbridge

Accessible trail –stabilized bedding finishOn the existing bicycle trail down to the southern edge – Baptist Village (750 m) 

Accessible Yarkon Trail – Middle Section

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New parking areaRoad – bedding with fine aggregate finish connected to the grove – surface for passenger disembarkation and a number of accessible concrete parking bays

Accessible trail – concrete finishAlong the river through the grove, ca. 100 m from the Concrete House to the footbridge

Accessible trail – stabilized bedding finishOn the existing bicycle trail down to the southern edge – Baptist Village (750 m) 

Planting program – new plantings in the recreation area 

Existing trees

Native shade treesBlack mulberryFigKermes oakEuropean hackberryEuphrates poplar

Existing reed beds

Riparian vegetationTo create a buffer and hide fencesCommon reedEgyptian sugar caneLilac chaste tree

Concrete

house

Herbaceous groundcover plantsTo provide an open view from a distanceHairy bread-grassBulbs, corms and seeds of tall plants: marine squill, garlic, common asphodel, bristly hollyhock 

Yarkon

River

Preserving the open view

מגודר צינור

Furnishings from eucalyptus logs

Furnishings from eucalyptus logs – details