9 Mountains near Atlixco, Mexico: Map & Photos

9 mountains · within 60 km

There are 9 mountains within 60 km of Atlixco in a straight line, an hour or a little more by road. The closest is Tecajete, 18 km away; the farthest, Cuatlapanga, is 60 km. They are listed under the Pueblos Mágicos of Huejotzingo and Ixtenco, which make good bases.

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

Tecajete · Mountain · 18 km from Atlixco · Puebla
A 2,460 m cinder cone by San Miguel Papaxtla in the Puebla valley; a short, steep path climbs to its crater and two peaks.
Cerro de San Juan · Mountain · 27 km from Atlixco · Puebla
The hill of Puebla's La Paz district, west of downtown: Forey's camp in 1863 and Porfirio Díaz's in 1867, now topped by the Iglesia del Cielo.
Cuexcomate · Mountain · 28 km from Atlixco · Puebla
The "world's smallest volcano", actually an extinct 13 m geyser cone on the square of La Libertad in Puebla city; a spiral staircase leads inside.
Paso de Cortés · Mountain · 30 km from Atlixco · Near Huejotzingo
The high pass between Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl, at about 3,700 m, inside the Izta-Popo national park.
Pico Teyotl · Mountain · 38 km from Atlixco · Puebla
A summit of about 4,600 m on the Iztaccíhuatl massif, "where stones are born", inside Izta-Popo national park, in San Salvador el Verde.
El Chumil · Mountain · 40 km from Atlixco · Morelos
A 1,878 m hill in Jantetelco, also called Cerro Gordo or Cabeza de Mono, with a hiking trail, cabins and zip lines run by an ejido ecotourism centre.
Papayo · Mountain · 52 km from Atlixco · Estado de México
A lava dome of about 3,600 m, the youngest and southernmost peak of the Sierra de Río Frío, between Telapón and Iztaccíhuatl.
Parque Nacional La Malinche · Mountain · 54 km from Atlixco · Near Ixtenco
The dormant volcano that towers over eastern Tlaxcala, with pine forest, a mountain lodge and a full-day hike to the 4,400 m summit.
Cuatlapanga · Mountain · 60 km from Atlixco · Tlaxcala
A 2,917 m volcanic hill on the flanks of La Malinche, climbed in about an hour from Cuaxomulco on a trail with 14 chapels up to Cristo Rey.