Bosque Mirador

Twenty-two hectares of pine forest survive in Ahuatepec, a village on the northern edge of Cuernavaca, and in 2016 the municipality made them a protected natural area. It is called Bosque Mirador. Along with the Barrancas Urbanas de Cuernavaca (369.95 ha), it is one of only two municipally run protected areas in Morelos; the state environment ministry's table lists it at 22.05 ha. It touches the Corredor Biológico Chichinautzin, so it forms a belt of woodland between the city's neighbourhoods and the mountains.

It is small, but the state tourism atlas says birds, fungi, reptiles, amphibians and mammals live here, among them the grey fox and the bobcat. The same entry lists what threatens it: urban growth, land invasions, rubbish and thin resources for management. It points to the site's educational value rather than selling it as a destination with services.

The forest is looked after by the city's Dirección de Conservación de Bosques, Barrancas y Áreas Naturales Protegidas. In July 2024 the city started a reforestation programme of about 7,500 trees in the woods of Ahuatepec, Buenavista del Monte, Tetela del Monte and Ocotepec; the first Saturday planted more than 2,000 pines and oaks in Ahuatepec, donated by the state ministry from Tetela del Volcán. That report does not name Bosque Mirador, but it shows what kind of forest is being worked on around here.

We found no published opening hours, fee or signed entrance, so treat it as a neighbourhood woodland in an urban area and ask the city office before you go.