Jouret El-Ballout is 20 km (12 mi) east of Beirut and covers an area of 169 hectares (420 acres) in the Qada’a of the Northern Metn, in the Mohafaza of Mount Lebanon.

Summer is usually dry in Jouret El Ballout; it begins in early May and ends in mid-October.

Despite the relatively recent inception of the village, remains of several stone and earthen sarcophagi have been found there.

The region of A’aranta in Jouret El-Ballout is in fact well known for its archeological wealth: remains of an old fortress were discovered, as well as some Phoenicians and Romanian tombs.

Excavation works also showed that wood blast furnaces going back to the Phoenician era existed on this site.