 Several families moved to the village, founded a kollel and rejuvenated the religious life in the village.Two kilometers south of Mevo Dotan is the Alonei Arava Nature Reserve, named after the oak trees ("alonim") that grow in the area and the nearby Palestinian village of Arrabeh.East of the nature reserve is Jabal al-Aqra' (326 m), and the nature reserve overlaps the hill's northwest range.