Gerakini or Yerakini (Greek: Γερακινή [ʝeɾaciˈni] ⓘ, locally [ʝiracˈɲi] ⓘ) is a village on the Chalkidiki peninsula in Central Macedonia, Northern Greece.

During World War II the occupying German army, among other activities, extended the main dock, to accommodate freight vessels for their use.

The annual feast-day commemorating the saints is held on the first Saturday of Lent, the religious church service being officiated by Metropolitan Nicodemus of Kassandra,[5] the people celebrating with a number of seaside activities.

All land (fields, plains, and slopes as well as the greater part of the Trikorfo (three peaks) mountain in the east, 3.5 km from Yerakini) is covered with olive groves.

Although the village itself is not tourist-oriented, holidaymakers visit it especially for the Divine Liturgy (the Sunday Mass of the Orthodox) of the church and on saints' feast days.

The southern part, the sea-side, of Yerakini (Παραλία Γερακινής, [paɾaˈlia ʝeɾaciˈnis]) is where the Customs Office is situated.

It is a part of the coastline stretching from Psakoudia (Ψακούδια [psaˈku ðʝa]) (5 km from Yerakini) to the east, to Kalyves Polygyrou to the west.

The Yerakini coast covers the area between Trikorfo beach (formerly known as "Tou Iatrou i Kalyva" locally τ’ Ιατρού η καλύβα) and that of the "Kalamaras and Pangalos" summer residences (formerly "Tou Mourlakou to Pigadi", "Mourlakos' Well", locally Greek: τ’ Μουρλακ του πγιάδ [tmurˈlak du ˈbʝað]).

Yerakini's seaside is one of the main vacation resorts of Chalkidiki and attracts thousands of visitors from April to October.

It can be reached by bus or car from Thessaloniki via Polygyros or Nea Moudania, or by sea, through Potidaia's canal, or by the primary opening between the two fingers of Kassandra and Sithonia.

While the topsoil is suitable for olive cultivation, the subsoil in the area of Yerakini, as well as of Patelidas and Vavdos, is rich in magnesite.

The Yerakini mines, about 3 km inland from the gulf, were reached by means of a narrow-gauge (565 mm) railway, used by the new owners until the 1980s.

There are other minor magnesite mining deposits, especially in the southwestern foothills of Trikorfo mountain, exploited by the Antoniou and Xenakis concern for a long period in the 1950s and 1960s.

The mining of magnesite is mostly done by workers commuting from other areas of Chakidiki, mainly from Zervochoria (Greek: Ζερβοχώρια [zeɾvoˈxorʝa]), and other villages to the north of Chalkidiki.

Vessels come to the harbour of Nea Moudania, 17 kilometres (11 mi) from Yerakini, on the Thermaic gulf, near the Kassandran peninsula, to load magnesite.