.Jebel Hafeet Al Ain
This is a mountain in the region of Tawam, on the border of the United Arab Emirates.To the north is the UAE city of Al Ain, in the Eastern Region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and the adjacent Omani town of Al-Buraimi.
This is one of the highest mountains in the country,it has given its name to a period in UAE history, the Bronze Age (3200 to 2600 BCE)
As of 2017, the mountain is recognised as being part of a national park, and was incorporated into the Sheikh Zayed Network of Protected Areas in 2018.
The temperature vary in different months on average but remain relatively cool in the months of October to March where it remains below 25 C.
The Jabal Hafit mountain trends over about 26 km and is 4–5 km wide.
The mountain consists of shallow marine sedimentary rocks, which includes limestone, marl, and evaporites.
The mountain rises 1,100–1,400 m and offers a view over Al-Ain.
Jebel Hafeet was a well-known landmark throughout the area's history, and is a contemporary tourist attraction.
An extensive natural cave system winds through Jabal Hafeet.
Jebel Hafeet is crossed by a system of caves, some of which have been explored to a depth of no more than 150 m.
The mountain has ridges two of which have been named and given prominence in literature
One is Al Naqfa Ridge
second is the Western Ridge
The Jebel Hafeet Mountain Road,built in 1980, extends for 11.7 km up the mountain, rising 1,200 m.
With 60 turns and three lanes (two climbing and one descending), the road was called the greatest driving road in the world by Edmunds.com
The mountain is part of a national or desert park, which can be called "Jebel Hafeet National Park",
At the foothills of the mountain, near Mezyad 500 tombs were excavated that dated to an area named after the mountain, the early Bronze Age Hafit period of between 3200 and 2600 BC.
Jebel Hafeet is a popular tourist center with a broad view over the whole area from the summit.
The touristic attraction at the foot of the mountain is Green Mubazzarah.
a well-developed tourist attraction featuring a geyser, a children's play park and a number of chalets for hire severalhot-water springs gushing forth in little streams and forming a lake and swimming pools and jacuzzis scattered all over the area.
There is also a small dam, constructed in 1955 and restored in 2005.
On top of the mountain, there is a military communications outpost and a hotel operated by French hospitality company Mercure.