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    Cerro del Chuiquihuite - Panorama, Cerro del Chiquihuite, Ciudad de México

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    Cerro del Chiquihuite

    Mountain Gustavo A. Madero, Ciudad de México Municipality of Gustavo A. Madero Valley of Mexico

    A 2,730 m volcanic dome in the Sierra de Guadalupe, topped by antennas and ringed by homes; Templo Mayor stone came from here. Cablebús Line 1 serves it.

    From Mexico City: 35 min by car (20 km by road) How to get there ↓

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    Day trips and guided outings from Tepotzotlán often include Cerro del Chiquihuite; with a local guide you can get there without a car.

    Tours from Mexico City Teotihuacan pyramids morning or afternoon without tourist traps ★ 4.9 (10,269) · From US$59
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    How to get to Cerro del Chiquihuite

    • From Mexico City: about 35 min by road (~20 km)
    • Nearest airport: Mexico City (Felipe Ángeles) (NLU), 48 min by car to Tepotzotlán
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    Tours from Mexico City, near Cerro del Chiquihuite

    Teotihuacan pyramids morning or afternoon without tourist traps ★ 4.9 (10,269) 5 h 30 min From US$59
    Balloon flight + Breakfast in cave + Pyramids + Pick up CDMX. ★ 4.9 (8,170) 2–8 h From US$149
    Xochimilco, Coyoacan and Frida Kahlo with Optional Lunch ★ 4.5 (8,395) 9 h From US$40
    Balloon flight + pick up in CDMX + Breakfast in Cave + Pyramids ★ 4.9 (7,685) 4–7 h From US$157
    Teotihuacan Hot Air Balloon Flight from Mexico City / Volare ★ 4.8 (4,447) 3–9 h From US$144

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    About Cerro del Chiquihuite

    Cerro del Chiquihuite is a 2,730 m volcanic dome in the Sierra de Guadalupe, in the north of the Valley of Mexico. It is split between the Gustavo A. Madero borough on the west and the State of Mexico municipality of Tlalnepantla de Baz on the east. It is not a hiking hill with marked trails: its lower slopes are covered in working-class neighbourhoods, among them Tlalpexco, Cuautepec, La Pastora and Ticomán on the capital's side and Lázaro Cárdenas (La Presa) on the Tlalnepantla side, and the summit carries an antenna farm for several TV and radio stations, served by a road.

    The rock is a pink-to-violet andesite that splits into flat slabs. In the 1400s, when the hill stood on the shore of Lake Texcoco, the Mexica quarried it for floor slabs, corner stones and facing, and this stone, called tenayocátetl, went into the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan. The hill once had several springs that dried up over time; in Lázaro Cárdenas, El Pocito still flows, with shared washing basins.

    Two episodes stand out in its modern story. On 27 December 2002, guards hired by TV Azteca stormed the channel 40 transmitter site on the summit, the so-called chiquihuitazo. And the built-up slopes are fragile: heavy rains triggered slides in 1987, and another on 10 September 2021 in Lázaro Cárdenas buried homes. The hill also turns up on film, as a location for the 1993 movie Lolo.

    How to get to Cerro del Chiquihuite

    Drive from Mexico City: 35 min, 20 km

    The most practical way is Cablebús Line 1: it starts at Indios Verdes, which connects to Metro Line 3, Metrobús Lines 1 and 7 and Mexibús Line 4, and runs through Ticomán, La Pastora and Campos Revolución to Cuautepec, with a branch to Tlalpexco; the line is 9.2 km long. It runs Monday to Friday 5:00 am to 11:00 pm, Saturday 6:00 am to 11:00 pm and Sundays and holidays 7:00 am to 11:00 pm (2021 hours and fare; a ticket cost 7 pesos, payable only with the integrated mobility card). On the State of Mexico side, the Lázaro Cárdenas neighbourhood has three microbus routes to Indios Verdes, La Villa-Basílica and Deportivo 18 de Marzo. By car, from the Zócalo it is about 20 km and aprox. 35 minutes with no traffic, leaving along Insurgentes Norte toward Indios Verdes.

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    Drive times by road from OpenStreetMap, without traffic or stops. Times marked ~ are estimated from the straight-line distance.

    Before you go to Cerro del Chiquihuite: hours, prices and tips

    Hours
    Cablebús Line 1 runs Mon-Fri 5:00-23:00, Sat 6:00-23:00, Sun and holidays 7:00-23:00 (2021 data). Expansión · checked Oct 2026
    Best time of day
    Best in the dry season: the built-up slopes saw slides after heavy rain in 1987 and September 2021. Wikipedia (en) · checked Oct 2026

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    Visiting Cerro del Chiquihuite: what to see and do

    Look at the hill from below: its dome profile topped with antennas dominates the north of the city.
    Ride over the slope neighbourhoods on Cablebús Line 1, which climbs from Indios Verdes to Cuautepec.
    Walk through Tlalpexco and Cuautepec, where houses climb the hillside.
    Find El Pocito, the spring in Lázaro Cárdenas on the Tlalnepantla side.
    Think of the Templo Mayor: the pinkish stone of this hill went into its construction.

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    Tours & activities

    Day trips and guided outings from Tepotzotlán often include Cerro del Chiquihuite; with a local guide you can get there without a car.

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    Rental cars

    Pick up a car at NLU (Mexico City (Felipe Ángeles)): about 48 min by road to Tepotzotlán, then 23 km more to Cerro del Chiquihuite, on your own schedule.

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    Flights

    The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Mexico City (Felipe Ángeles) (NLU), about 48 min by road from Tepotzotlán, the base for Cerro del Chiquihuite.

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    When to go to Cerro del Chiquihuite cool

    Cerro del Chiquihuite shares the climate of Tepotzotlán, 23 km away. The best months to visit are January, February, March, and December.

    For the clearest views from Cerro del Chiquihuite, go in the driest months (January, February, March, and December); in the rains, clouds tend to build up by midday.

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    The closest Pueblo Mágico: Tepotzotlán

    Churrigueresque facade and tower of San Francisco Javier with its atrium cross, Tepotzotlán, Estado de México cool
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    Drive times by road from OpenStreetMap, without traffic. Times marked ~ are estimated from the straight-line distance.

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