How walkable is Abu Jarash?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Abu Jarash has a walkability score of 31 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car. It is the 4th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Damascus, which scores 33 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
346 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Abu Jarash. The nearest grocery is وفر لجيبك, about 30 minutes away on foot. It is weakest for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- مقهى ومنتزه البستان14 min
- مطعم بوابه الشمس الدمشقيه في خدمتكم15 min
- Jood Fashion21 min
- Gluten Free 121 min
- Why Café20 min
- كافيه شباك21 min
- Unnamed park11 min
- حديقة الشبيبة14 min
- Little Village School27 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Abu Jarash at 33.5349, 36.3116. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 65 street intersections per km², and blocks average 110 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 1%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Abu Jarash
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1 km around the centre of Abu Jarash. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Damascus
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Sarouja | 2.4 km | 83 |
| Qanawat | 3.1 km | 82 |
| Baramkeh | 4 km | 52 |
| Qadam | 7.2 km | 11 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Damascus page.
Questions about walking in Abu Jarash
Is Abu Jarash walkable?
Not very. Abu Jarash in Damascus has a walkability score of 31 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car.
Is Abu Jarash more walkable than the rest of Damascus?
Abu Jarash is about as walkable as Damascus as a whole: it scores 31, against 33 for the 5 km around Damascus's centre. It ranks 4th of the 5 Damascus neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Damascus?
Of the 5 Damascus neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Sarouja (83), Qanawat (82) and Baramkeh (52).
How is the walkability score of Abu Jarash calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Abu Jarash it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 1 km around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.