Ran Overlook, Cenotaph in Naftali Mountains, Israel

Ran Overlook is a stone cenotaph located in the Naftali Mountains at a high vantage point. The memorial offers sweeping views across the mountain ranges and valleys that characterize northern Israel.

The overlook was established by the Kochba family and Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael with funding from donors in Canada, and inaugurated on 19 July 2007, a year after the crash. It stands where the helicopter of pilot Ran Kochba came down on 20 July 2006, during the Second Lebanon War. At the ceremony the squadron commander and family members spoke, and a letter from Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was read out.

The path to the memorial is called "Shvil HaHidot" (Trail of Riddles): about 250 metres long, it begins on a dirt road off Highway 899 beside a car park. Seven riddles about the region's history and geography are engraved on rock panels, each followed a few metres later by its answer, and each answer begins with a letter spelling "Ran Kochba". The riddles were composed by Atara, Ran Kochba's mother.

The 250-metre "Trail of Riddles" starts from a dirt track off a bend in Highway 899, beside a car park. Seven riddles on the history and geography of the area are carved on boards along the rocks, each followed a few metres later by its answer; their initial letters spell the name Ran Kochba. Wooden benches stand at viewpoints along the way, and the path ends at the memorial.

The trail to the overlook is called Shvil HaHidot, the Trail of Riddles: seven riddles about the region's history and geography are engraved on rock panels along its roughly 250 metres, each answer on a panel a few metres further on. Ran Kochba's mother, Atara, composed them, and each riddle begins with a letter spelling his name.