3 lakes and lagoons
Sonora has 3 lakes and lagoons with their own page on Puebloteca.
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, Feb, Mar, Nov.
The Lakes and Lagoons 3
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Presa Abelardo L. Rodríguez · Lake · Hermosillo
Hermosillo's 1948 dam on its eastern edge, where the Sonora and San Miguel rivers meet; usually dry, but it fills after exceptional rains. -
Presa Mocúzari · Lake · Álamos
The Adolfo Ruiz Cortines dam holds back the Río Mayo among low forested hills: bass, catfish and mojarra, with El Mocúzari village by the wall. -
Presa Álvaro Obregón (El Oviáchic) · Lake · Cajeme
Sonora's largest reservoir, on the Yaqui River north of Ciudad Obregón: a lookout over the dam, black bass fishing and lakeshore camping.
On the map
Distances are in a straight line; roads add about a third.
Where to stay
These places are not in a Pueblo Mágico. Hotels around each one:
- Hotels near Presa Abelardo L. Rodríguez
- Hotels near Presa Mocúzari
- Hotels near Presa Álvaro Obregón (El Oviáchic)
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