Odem Forest Reserve, Protected forest and nature reserve in Golan Heights, Israel

Odem Forest Reserve covers 19,340 dunams of Mediterranean woodland on basalt rock in the northern Golan Heights, south of Ein Qiniyya and around Moshav Odem. Road 987 from Mas'ade to Givat Yoav crosses it north to south. The forest grows on thick soil with 800–1,000 mm of annual rainfall, and its surface is covered with basalt stones.

The reserve was first declared in June 1972 by military order over 11,000 dunams; its area was later fixed at 19,478.6 dunams, making it the second-largest reserve in the Golan after Yehudiya Forest. The forest itself developed because tree felling was banned there for decades.

The reserve is named after the red soil of the hill, called in Arabic Tel al-Ahmar or Ras al-Ahmar. It is also known as Mas'ade Forest or Sa'ar Stream Reserve. The forest lies around Moshav Odem, between the villages of Ein Qiniya, Buq'ata and Mas'ade.

Road 987 from Mas'ade to Gov Ga'ash crosses the reserve north to south, so it can be driven through or entered on foot from the roadside. The terrain is basalt rock covered with dense woodland, and the jubbas have steep inward-facing walls; stay back from the rims. Rainfall reaches 800–1000 mm a year, so bring rain gear in winter.

The forest holds 17 jubbas, steep-walled circular pits 30 to 200 metres across and up to 60 metres deep, covered in dense woodland; only Mas'ade Jubba collects water. The largest, al-Jubba al-Kabira, lies 1.5 km northwest of Mount Odem. Researchers disagree on their origin: a collapsed gas bubble in cooling lava, a steam explosion, or karst collapse.