Mount Horshan Reserve, Nature reserve in Ramot Menashe, Israel.

Mount Horshan Reserve is a protected area in the Menashe Heights featuring Mediterranean vegetation and diverse plant life across rolling elevations. The terrain includes archaeological remains and forms part of a hilly corridor linking the surrounding mountain ranges.

This reserve was established to protect an area rich in archaeological layers spanning different periods of settlement and civilization. The Menashe Heights have long served as a geographical link between major mountain systems in the region.

Local Arabs called the hill and its surroundings "al-Hitri", a Seljuk-era name meaning "the frightening" or "terrible". Residents feared entering the woodland, especially at night, because of robbers and wild animals: wolves, hyenas, wild boars and even leopards. The name survives as a record of how the forest was perceived before it became a reserve.

Access to the reserve and Mount Horshan is from Route 67, and the internal tracks are numbered like roads, so note the numbers to keep your bearings. The paths are easy to walk, which makes the reserve popular. Trails and vehicle tracks in the nearby Nahal Dalia area turn muddy in winter.

The reserve's oak woodland is open and easy to walk through, unlike the dense stands of common oak elsewhere. The forest extends beyond the reserve boundaries and covers about 19 square kilometres. Local Arabs called the hill and its surroundings "Haitri", a Seljuk-origin name meaning "the frightening one".