Village Cuautepec de Hinojosa, Hidalgo Municipality of Cuautepec de Hinojosa
A locality of 3,010 people 2 km from Cuautepec in the Tulancingo Valley; its name means place where the spring wells up.
From Tulancingo: 15 min by car (11 km by road) How to get there ↓
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How to get to Almoloya
- From Tulancingo: about 15 min by road (~11 km)
- Nearest airport: Poza Rica (PAZ), 1 h 41 min by car to Acaxochitlán
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About Almoloya
Almoloya lies about 2 km south-west of Cuautepec de Hinojosa, the municipal seat, in the Tulancingo Valley at 2,267 metres. Its original name, Almoloyan, joins atl (water), molo (to well up) and yan (place): the place where the spring of water wells up.
The land is plain and low hills, within the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, in the Lagos y Volcanes de Anáhuac subprovince, and the climate is temperate and sub-humid with summer rains, of medium humidity. Water drains to the Metztitlán sub-basin of the Moctezuma basin.
In 2020 it had 3,010 residents (1,409 men and 1,601 women) in 764 homes, 4.98% of the municipality, and INEGI classes it as urban, with medium marginalisation and low social lag. Cuautepec de Hinojosa belongs to the Tulancingo metropolitan area, along with Tulancingo de Bravo and Santiago Tulantepec de Lugo Guerrero, and the municipality borders Chignahuapan, in Puebla, to the east.
Almoloya is an everyday town hard against its municipal seat; what you visit is the two together, with Cuautepec's garden and the open valley around.
How to get to Almoloya
Drive from Tulancingo: 15 min, 11 km
Almoloya is about 2 km from Cuautepec de Hinojosa, about 8 km from Tulancingo in a straight line (roughly 10 minutes by car) and about 19 km from Acaxochitlán, the nearest Pueblo Mágico (roughly 20 minutes). The main roads into Tulancingo are federal highways 130 (Pachuca-Poza Rica-Tampico) and 132 (Mexico-Teotihuacán-Tulancingo); Wikipedia gives about 40 km from Pachuca and between 105 and 119 km from Mexico City. Tulancingo has a bus station with Estrella Blanca and Expreso Futura services, and Pachuca's station runs to Tulancingo. From Tulancingo continue to Cuautepec by taxi or local transport; Almoloya lies south-west of the seat.
Directions to Almoloya on Google Maps
Distances are in a straight line; the road is usually longer.
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From the nearest cities to Almoloya
- Tulancingo · 11 km by road, 15 min
- Huauchinango · 50 km by road, 55 min
- Pachuca · 56 km by road, 1 h
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Visiting Almoloya: what to see and do
Cuautepec de Hinojosa's Jardín Municipal Felipe Ángeles, 2 km away, with its clock tower
The fields and low hills of the Tulancingo Valley
Tulancingo, about 8 km away, with its cathedral and railway museum
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Rental cars
Pick up a car at PAZ (Poza Rica): about 1 h 41 min by road to Acaxochitlán, then 19 km more to Almoloya, on your own schedule.
Flights
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Poza Rica (PAZ), about 1 h 41 min by road from Acaxochitlán, the base for Almoloya.
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When to go to Almoloya cool
Almoloya shares the climate of Acaxochitlán, 19 km away. The best months to visit are February, March, April, and May.
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The closest Pueblo Mágico: Acaxochitlán
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Also close to
- Huauchinango · Puebla · 32 km away
- Pahuatlán · Puebla · 34 km away
- Huasca de Ocampo · Hidalgo · 35 km away
- Chignahuapan · Puebla · 36 km away
- Real del Monte · Hidalgo · 39 km away
Closest to Almoloya
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Cuautepec de Hinojosa · Town · 2 km away
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Tezoquipa · Village · 2 km away
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El Tepeyac · Village · 3 km away
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Ventoquipa · Village · 3 km away
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Santiago Tulantepec · Town · 4 km away
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Tulancingo · City · 8 km away
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El Pedregal de San José · Village · 11 km away
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Los Romeros · Village · 11 km away
Near Almoloya
Drive times by road from OpenStreetMap, without traffic. Times marked ~ are estimated from the straight-line distance.
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