The Israel National Trail, is a hiking path that was inaugurated in 1995. The trail crosses the entire country of Israel. Its northern end is at Dan, near the Lebanese border in the far north of the country, and it extends to Eilat at the southernmost tip of Israel on the Red Sea, a length of 1,015 km (631 mi).
The trail is marked with three stripes (white, blue, and orange), and takes an average of 45-60 days to complete. It does not enter the Golan Heights or the West Bank.[The Israel National Trail has been listed in National Geographic's 20 most "epic trails." It is described as a trail that "delves into the grand scale of biblical landscapes as well as the everyday lives of the modern Israeli.
Since January 2016, the Israel National Trail can be explored on Google Street View. Israel National Trail on Google Street View
Part of the trail passes through the Pura Nature Reserve, in the Northern Negev, is best known for its flowers in February and March. The flora in the nature reserve includes desert flora as well as Middle East flora.
Flowers in the area include Anemone coronaria (poppy anemone), Ranunculus (נורית), Papaver (פרג), Asphodelus ramosus (עירית גדולה), Anchusa (לשון פר), ophrys orchids, Mandragora officinarum (mandrakes), and Moraea sisyrinchium (iris).
Inside the nature reserve are the ruins of an ancient village named Pura.
In the winter, there is a pond where the water collects with the help of a dam. There is a destroyed bridge which was part of the Turkish railroad which was built during the first world war, linking Lod with Beersheva. The bridge was destroyed by floods in the 1970s.