Maaser El Chouf is a town in the Chouf area, Mount Lebanon. Chouf App is a utility app for Chouf-area residents — it connects Maaser El Chouf with Chouf-based stores for shopping and with a directory of trusted local trades.
elevation ~1174 m
Maaser el-Chouf is a village in the Chouf district of Mount Lebanon, ranked among the five largest villages in the district by area. Its cedar forest is one of three localities — alongside Barouk and Ain Zhalta-Bmohray — whose forests make up the Al-Shouf Cedar Nature Reserve.
Maaser el-Chouf sits on the eastern slope of the Chouf range at the edge of the Al-Shouf Cedar Nature Reserve, Lebanon's largest. Its cedar grove is among the reserve's oldest, which has long made the village a gateway for visitors to the protected forest.
One of the cedar groves of the Al-Shouf Cedar Nature Reserve and, with the Barouk forest, holds its largest stands of ancient trees, some thought to be well over a thousand years old. The reserve marks close to the southern limit of natural cedar growth in Lebanon.
~56 km from Beirut · ~55 min drive
The town of Maaser El Chouf is in the Chouf district of Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, at around 1174 m elevation.
Maaser El Chouf is about 56 km from Beirut, roughly a 55-minute drive.