4 mountains
Nuevo León has 4 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 4
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Cerro Agujerado · Mountain · Juárez
A mountain with a great hole in its flank, south of Monterrey: a mostly level river hike with wading and small waterfalls. -
Cerro de la Silla · Mountain · Guadalupe
Monterrey's saddle-shaped emblem, a 1,820-meter natural monument with trails past an abandoned 1961 cable car to Pico Norte and the antenna peak. -
Cerro de las Mitras · Mountain · Monterrey
The 21 km saw-toothed ridge on Monterrey's western skyline, topping out at about 2,060 m, with old silver mines, climbing peaks and a famous full traverse. -
Cerro del Chupón · Mountain · Monterrey
A pacifier-shaped peak on Monterrey's southern edge: a steep half-day hike from Colonia Villa Sol to a 360° view of the city and the Sierra Madre.
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 Cerro Agujerado
- Hotels near Cerro de la Silla
- Hotels near Cerro de las Mitras
- Hotels near Cerro del Chupón
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Mountains elsewhere
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Mountains in Estado de México · 8
Mountains in Jalisco · 6
Mountains in Puebla · 8
Mountains in Tlaxcala · 6
Mountains near Aculco · 3
Mountains near Amatlán de Cañas · 3
Mountains near Arteaga · 3
Mountains near Atlixco · 9
Mountains near Chiautempan · 13
Mountains near Chignahuapan · 3
Mountains near Cholula · 11
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