7 lakes and lagoons
Jalisco has 7 lakes and lagoons with their own page on Puebloteca, near the Pueblos Mágicos of Mascota, Sayula, Tapalpa, and Tequila. The closest to a pueblo is Presa del Nogal, 4 km from Tapalpa; the farthest out is Presa La Vega, 27 km from Tequila.
Lakes and lagoons are at their best early in the morning, when the water is calm. Many have boat rides and lakeside fish restaurants, and get busy on weekends.
Best months, when most of these towns are dry with comfortable afternoons: Jan, Mar, Nov, Dec.
The Lakes and Lagoons 7
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Presa del Nogal · Lake · 4 km from Tapalpa
A reservoir in the pine hills just south-west of Tapalpa that feeds the Salto del Nogal; good for a walk or a picnic. -
Presa Corrinchis · Lake · 7 km from Mascota
Mascota's reservoir on the Mascota River, about 7.5 km long, with kayaks, boat rides, fishing, horse rides and lakeside grills. -
Laguna de Sayula · Lake · 10 km from Sayula
A large, shallow salt lagoon north of Sayula, protected as a Ramsar wetland for the migratory birds that winter there. -
Laguna de Juanacatlán · Lake · 13 km from Mascota
A deep, forest-ringed mountain lake north of Mascota, believed to fill an old volcanic crater; boats, kayaks and a lakeside resort. -
Presa La Vega · Lake · 27 km from Tequila
The reservoir below the Guachimontones, lined with restaurants known for frog legs and fish; boat and kayak rides on the water. -
Lago de Chapala · Lake · Chapala
Mexico's largest natural lake, about 80 km long on the Jalisco–Michoacán line, with Chapala, Ajijic and Mezcala Island on its shores. -
Laguna de Cajititlán · Lake · Tlajomulco de Zúñiga
Lagoon in Tlajomulco, south of Guadalajara, where every 7 January the Three Kings of Cajititlán village are carried out across the water by boat.
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Distances are in a straight line; roads add about a third.
Where to stay
The Pueblos Mágicos these places are closest to, each with hotels, food and getting-there notes.
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