3 hot springs · within 60 km
There are 3 hot springs within 60 km of Mineral del Chico in a straight line, an hour or a little more by road. The closest is Balneario Amajac, 12 km away; the farthest, Grutas de Tolantongo, is 56 km. They are listed under the Pueblos Mágicos of Mineral del Chico and Zimapán, which make good bases.
Most hot springs in Mexico are balnearios: family water parks built around a warm spring, with pools, slides and often camping or cabins. They fill up on weekends and holidays, so a weekday is much calmer.
Best months, when most of these towns are dry with comfortable afternoons: Jan, Feb, Mar, Dec.
The Hot Springs 3
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Balneario Amajac · Hot springs · 12 km from Mineral del Chico
A hot-springs park past Atotonilco el Grande with thermal pools, slides, cabins and a hotel; a Comarca Minera geosite. -
Parque EcoAlberto · Hot springs · 54 km from Mineral del Chico · Near Zimapán
A Hñähñu community park on the Tula River with thermal pools, a canyon with a suspension bridge and its famous migrant-crossing night hike. -
Grutas de Tolantongo · Hot springs · 56 km from Mineral del Chico · Hidalgo
Warm turquoise river flowing out of a cave at the end of a deep canyon, with cliffside pools, a steam-filled tunnel and camping.
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Distances are in a straight line; roads add about a third.
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