Nes Harim Field and Forest Centre

מרכז שדה ויער נס הרים

Guest house · Mateh Yehuda Regional Council religious department

Beside Moshav Nes Harim, in a KKL forest, Nes Harim

KKL's field and forest centre beside Moshav Nes Harim, with 48 wooden cabins, camping grounds and a training centre in a fenced 143-dunam forest

The Nes Harim Field and Forest Centre belongs to KKL and lies in a green, fenced and guarded forest of about 143 dunams beside Moshav Nes Harim, a short drive from Jerusalem. It sleeps guests in 48 wooden forest cabins of up to six, four of them accessible, and in camping grounds for tents, and has a training centre with four classrooms and a hall for 100, a synagogue and an air-conditioned dining room where meals are ordered ahead. Schools, youth movements, families and organisations stay for tours and KKL's educational programmes on nature, heritage and the land, including a new trail of the senses and a navigation challenge for groups.

15 facts checked 2026-10-05

At a glance

Kosher: Mateh Yehuda Regional Council religious department
Wheelchair: Accessible

Own website
Wi-Fi
Good for families

Rooms

Forest cabin
48 rooms · Sleeps up to 6
A wooden cabin with its own shower and toilet and air conditioning; four of the cabins are accessible

Photos of the rooms, on its own site

Camping grounds for tents take groups of up to 100 and up to 350, with field kitchens, showers and toilets.

Read from kkl.org.il on 2026-10-05.

Photos

For illustration: the trade, not Nes Harim Field and Forest Centre itself.

A spread of small mezze dishes seen from above

Location

Beside Moshav Nes Harim, in a KKL forest, Nes Harim

Waze Google Maps

Train: Beit Shemesh5.9 km from the door, straight line

Questions

Beside Moshav Nes Harim, in a KKL forest, Nes Harim. As listed on kkl.org.il, read on 5 October 2026.

On the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council's list of kosher businesses, read on 5 October 2026, as "מרכז שדה - נס הרים", with regular supervision in force. KKL's page says the dining room serves meals under rabbinate supervision, or to a special kashrut ordered ahead.

By train: Beit Shemesh station is 5.9 km away.

the centre's message line: 02-633-4098, as published on kkl.org.il. Other lines: stays for groups, families and private guests 02-633-0359.

About Nes Harim Field and Forest Centre

5.9 km from Beit Shemesh stationReachable by train and bus.

kkl.org.il

Nes Harim Field and Forest Centre is a guest house at Beside Moshav Nes Harim, in a KKL forest in Nes Harim, in the Jerusalem District.

It has 1 kinds of room.

The nearest railway station is Beit Shemesh, 5.9 km away.

It appears on the municipal business licence register.

בינות לעצי היער, בקתות העץ והשבילים הפורחים אל מול הנוף המרהיב של הרי ירושלים נמצא מרכז שדה ויער נס הרים. המרכז מגודר ומאובטח, וניתן להגיע אליו לשהות ממושכת הכוללת לינה ואירוח בבקתות עץ בלב יער קק"ל קסום או לנטות אוהל ב"משטחי הגיחה" ולבלות בו את הלילה.

From KKL's page for the centre, read 2026-10-05

The public registers a directory should check and usually does not. A blank is reported as a blank.

Kosher certificate: On the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council's list of kosher businesses, read on 5 October 2026, as "מרכז שדה - נס הרים", with regular supervision in force. KKL's page says the dining room serves meals under rabbinate supervision, or to a special kashrut ordered ahead. m-yehuda.org.il2026-10-05
Accessibility statement: Listed as wheelchair accessible kkl.org.il2026-10-05
Companies Registrar: The centre is run by Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael, KKL-JNF, as its page on KKL's site shows; the page names no separate operating company. kkl.org.il2026-10-05
Municipal business licence: Businesses in Nes Harim are licensed by the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council, which publishes on its website a list of the businesses in its communities that hold a business licence, with each one's trade, community and licence number. The centre is on it under קרן קימת לישראל in Nes Harim: licence 100245001 as a hotel, guest house or hostel and as a parking ground for hikers, and licence 102092001 as a restaurant. m-yehuda.org.il2026-10-05

Nothing on this page was written from memory. Each row names the page a fact was read from and the day it was read. Review text and photographs stay with the people who wrote and took them; the page links to them and copies nothing.

Field	Value	Source	Read on	Use
Name	מרכז שדה ויער נס הרים / Nes Harim Field and Forest Centre	kkl.org.il	2026-10-05	Fact, shown
Address	Beside Moshav Nes Harim, in a KKL forest	kkl.org.il	2026-10-05	Fact, shown
Coordinates	31.7425393, 35.0488314 (OpenStreetMap)	openstreetmap.org	2026-10-05	Fact, shown
Phone	the centre's message line 02-633-4098	kkl.org.il	2026-10-05	Fact, shown
Phone	stays for groups, families and private guests 02-633-0359	kkl.org.il	2026-10-05	Fact, shown
Website	kkl.org.il	kkl.org.il	2026-10-05	Fact, shown
Rooms	1 kinds of room	kkl.org.il	2026-10-05	Fact, shown
What it is like	Written from kkl.org.il	kkl.org.il	2026-10-05	Fact, shown
Kosher certificate	Mateh Yehuda Regional Council religious department	m-yehuda.org.il	2026-10-05	Fact, shown
Accessibility	Wheelchair accessible	kkl.org.il	2026-10-05	Fact, shown
Train and bus	Beit Shemesh 5.9 km	openstreetmap.org	2026-10-05	Fact, shown
Companies Registrar	The centre is run by Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael, KKL-JNF, as its page on KKL's site shows; the page names no separate operating company.	kkl.org.il	2026-10-05	Fact, shown
Business licence	Businesses in Nes Harim are licensed by the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council, which publishes on its website a list of the businesses in its communities that hold a business licence, with each one's trade, community and licence number. The centre is on it under קרן קימת לישראל in Nes Harim: licence 100245001 as a hotel, guest house or hostel and as a parking ground for hikers, and licence 102092001 as a restaurant.	m-yehuda.org.il	2026-10-05	Fact, shown
The owners' own words	Quoted from KKL's page for the centre	kkl.org.il	2026-10-05	Quoted, attributed
Photographs	1 licensed	kkl.org.il	2026-10-05	Linked, not copied