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    Satellite view of Laguna de San Antonio de Atocha, Apan, Hidalgo

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    Laguna de San Antonio de Atocha

    Lagoon Apan, Hidalgo Municipality of Apan

    Laguna de Tochac, a remnant of the Basin of Mexico lakes in southern Apan, with endangered aquatic plants and carp fishing.

    From San Martín Texmelucan: 1 h by car (60 km by road) How to get there ↓

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    • From San Martín Texmelucan: about 1 h by road (~60 km)
    • Nearest airport: Mexico City (Felipe Ángeles) (NLU), 43 min by car to Otumba
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    About Laguna de San Antonio de Atocha

    Laguna de San Antonio de Atocha, also called Laguna de Tochac, lies in the southern part of the municipality of Apan at 2,480 metres above sea level. It is long and narrow, about 7.5 hectares, with a temperate sub-humid climate and summer rains. Studies describe it as a well-preserved relict of the great lakes that once covered the Basin of Mexico, together with the Apan and Tecocomulco lagoons, the only others of that system left in this area besides Zumpango, Chalco and Xochimilco.

    Water arrives through the Atocha and Malayerba streams and from the San Marcos, Calpulalpan and Amaxac rivers, which run down from western Tlaxcala. With Tecocomulco, Tochac is the last refuge of endemic and endangered aquatic plants such as the yellow water star (Nymphoides fallax) and Sagittaria demersa.

    Maize, barley, broad beans and beans are grown all around. Some farmers have raised embankments of up to three metres along the shore to gain land from the water, so the level on the east and west edges changes sharply through the year. In Lázaro Cárdenas, the village nearest the lake, a fishing cooperative catches carp.

    How to get to Laguna de San Antonio de Atocha

    Drive from San Martín Texmelucan: 1 h, 60 km

    The lagoon is in the southern part of the municipality of Apan, Hidalgo. In a straight line it is about 52 km from Tulancingo and about 33 km from Otumba (approx.). The village nearest the lake is Lázaro Cárdenas, home to a fishing cooperative, so it is the place to ask about access to the shore. The banks are farmland with embankments, so a car is best and plots should not be crossed without permission.

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    Visiting Laguna de San Antonio de Atocha: what to see and do

    The long lagoon of about 7.5 hectares at 2,480 m.
    Endemic aquatic plants such as Nymphoides fallax and Sagittaria demersa.
    The farm embankments along the shore.
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    Laguna de San Antonio de Atocha shares the climate of Otumba, 33 km away. The best months to visit are January, February, November, and December.

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