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    Satellite view of Cerro de la Cruz, Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo

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    Cerro de la Cruz

    Village Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo Mezquital Valley

    A colonia of 1,732 people 2 km from Tlahuelilpan, among the irrigated fields of the southern Mezquital Valley.

    From Pachuca: 1 h 10 min by car (81 km by road) How to get there ↓

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    How to get to Cerro de la Cruz

    • From Pachuca: about 1 h 10 min by road (~81 km)
    • Nearest airport: Mexico City (Felipe Ángeles) (NLU), 1 h 20 min by car to Jilotepec
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    About Cerro de la Cruz

    INEGI lists Cerro de la Cruz as a colonia in the municipality of Tlahuelilpan, at the southern end of the Mezquital Valley. It sits on flat ground at 2,069 metres, in a semi-dry temperate climate, about 2 km north-east of Tlahuelilpan, the municipal seat. The postal code is 42793 and the telephone area code is 763.

    Its growth has been fast. The 1995 census counted 539 people; five years later there were 759, then 1,097 in 2005, 1,509 in 2010 and 1,732 in 2020, close to 9% of the whole municipality. Tlahuelilpan is a small municipality (31.5 km²), created in October 1969.

    The Nahuatl name of the seat is read as "where the lands are watered", and the countryside bears it out: in the 2015 farm figures, green alfalfa covered 1,505 hectares of the municipality, maize 663 and beans 189. Local water drains to the Río Salado sub-basin, part of the Moctezuma basin. A visitor will find a neighbourhood of houses and irrigated plots, not a site set up for tourists.

    How to get to Cerro de la Cruz

    Drive from Pachuca: 1 h 10 min, 81 km

    The reference point is Tlahuelilpan: Cerro de la Cruz lies about 2 km north-east of the municipal seat, so head for the town and cover the last stretch from there. Pachuca is about 51 km away in a straight line (allow roughly an hour by road) and Jilotepec, the nearest Pueblo Mágico, about 39 km (roughly 45 minutes). The practical way is to reach Tlahuelilpan and ask there for combis or taxis for the final stretch. Check return times in town before you plan your day, especially in the afternoon.

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

    Visiting Cerro de la Cruz: what to see and do

    The plaza and centre of Tlahuelilpan, the municipal seat, about 2 km away
    Irrigated alfalfa and maize plots around the colonia
    The flat southern Mezquital Valley landscape at 2,069 m

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    Day trips and guided outings from Jilotepec often include Cerro de la Cruz; with a local guide you can get there without a car.

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    Pick up a car at NLU (Mexico City (Felipe Ángeles)): about 1 h 20 min by road to Jilotepec, then 39 km more to Cerro de la Cruz, on your own schedule.

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    The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Mexico City (Felipe Ángeles) (NLU), about 1 h 20 min by road from Jilotepec, the base for Cerro de la Cruz.

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    When to go to Cerro de la Cruz cool

    Cerro de la Cruz shares the climate of Jilotepec, 39 km away. The best months to visit are January, February, March, and December.

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    The closest Pueblo Mágico: Jilotepec

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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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