Jerusalem is located on a high ridge, consisting of 3 hills. Along the east of the city is the Kidron Valley (in which runs the Brook Kidron, including the Pool of Gihon), and to the south is the Valley Of Hinnom. The Mount Of Olives, where Jesus Christ was arrested that fateful night, where He ascended into the heavens after His resurrection, and where His return will occur, is just to the east, across the Kidron Valley. The Lord walked many times through there on His way to Bethany to visit Martha and Mary and Lazarus.

The city is 2,550 feet (777 meters) above sea level. Its latitude is 32 degrees north (about the same as the southern U.S.), and its longitude is 35 degrees east (the same as Moscow to the north, and east Africa to the south).

From Jerusalem:
The Dead Sea is 14 miles (23 kilometers) east.
The Jordan River is 19 miles (31 kilometers) east.
The The Mediterranean Sea is 34 miles (55 kilometers) west.
Bethlehem is 5 miles (8 kilometers) south.
Nazareth is 63 miles (102 kilometers) north.
Samaria is 30 miles (49 kilometers) north.
Hebron is 19 miles (31 kilometers) south.
Egypt is 300 miles (485 kilometers) southwest.
Assyria and Babylon were 720 miles (1,170 kilometers) east.
Persia was 1,050 miles (1,700 kilometers) east.
Greece is 825 miles (1,340 kilometers) northwest.
Rome is 1,550 miles (2,510 kilometers) northwest.