9 Mountains in Ciudad de México, Mexico: Map & Photos

9 mountains

Ciudad de México has 9 mountains with their own page on Puebloteca.

Start early: summits are usually clearest in the morning, and rainy-season afternoons bring clouds and storms. Nights get cold at altitude.

Best months, when most of these towns are dry with comfortable afternoons: Jan, Feb, Mar, Dec.

The Mountains 9

Ajusco · Mountain · Tlalpan
Mexico City's own volcano: a fir-forest hike to the rocky Pico del Águila, close to 3,900 m, with views to Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl.
Cerro Judío · Mountain · La Magdalena Contreras
A 2,750 m hill above San Bernabé Ocotepec, with a restored Otomí pyramid, three crosses at the top and views over the city.
Cerro San Miguel · Mountain · Cuajimalpa de Morelos
The summit of Desierto de los Leones park at about 3,790 m: an 18th-century Carmelite chapel, a fire tower and views to the volcanoes. A long hike.
Cerro Zacatenco · Mountain · Gustavo A. Madero
The biggest hill in the city's far north, in the Sierra de Guadalupe: Preclassic villages on its slopes, antennas on top and the best view from the Cablebús.
Cerro del Chiquihuite · Mountain · Gustavo A. Madero
A 2,730 m volcanic dome in the Sierra de Guadalupe, topped by antennas and ringed by homes; Templo Mayor stone came from here. Cablebús Line 1 serves it.
Cerro del Tepeyac · Mountain · Gustavo A. Madero
The hill above the Basilica: 18th-century stairways, the Capilla del Cerrito with Fernando Leal's murals, a historic cemetery and a view of the valley.
Volcán Guadalupe · Mountain · Tláhuac
Highest peak of the Sierra de Santa Catarina on the Iztapalapa-Tláhuac line, with a crater, scrub and volcano views. Hike up from the Cablebús.
Volcán Teuhtli · Mountain · Milpa Alta
Extinct 2,710 m volcano where Milpa Alta, Tláhuac and Xochimilco meet: a 30-minute climb to the crater, lava-tube caves and a Mass on 3 May.
Yuhualixqui · Mountain · Iztapalapa
An extinct volcano of the Sierra de Santa Catarina above San Lorenzo Tezonco, a red tezontle hill that quarrying has cut to about 40% of its size.