4 lakes and lagoons · within 60 km
There are 4 lakes and lagoons within 60 km of Cocula in a straight line, an hour or a little more by road. The closest is Presa La Vega, 30 km away; the farthest, Laguna de Sayula, is 52 km. They are listed under the Pueblos Mágicos of Sayula, Tapalpa, and Tequila, which make good bases.
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, Apr, Nov.
The Lakes and Lagoons 4
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Presa La Vega · Lake · 30 km from Cocula · Near Tequila
The reservoir below the Guachimontones, lined with restaurants known for frog legs and fish; boat and kayak rides on the water. -
Presa del Nogal · Lake · 51 km from Cocula · Near 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. -
Laguna de Cajititlán · Lake · 52 km from Cocula · Jalisco
Lagoon in Tlajomulco, south of Guadalajara, where every 7 January the Three Kings of Cajititlán village are carried out across the water by boat. -
Laguna de Sayula · Lake · 52 km from Cocula · Near Sayula
A large, shallow salt lagoon north of Sayula, protected as a Ramsar wetland for the migratory birds that winter there.
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Distances are in a straight line; roads add about a third.
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