 The Givat HaHish neighborhood is on an extension of the ridge which abuts a gully to the northeast of the town.Alon Shvut is located a few hundred meters west of the Gush Etzion Junction, where Route 60, the north–south artery which roughly follows the watershed from Nazareth through Jerusalem to Beersheba meets Route 367, which descends west into the Elah Valley to the coastal plain and Tel Aviv area.Travel time to Jerusalem is approximately 15 minutes.