14 Mountains near Mexico City, Mexico: Map & Photos

14 mountains · within 60 km

There are 14 mountains within 60 km of Mexico City in a straight line, an hour or a little more by road. The closest is Cerro del Tepeyac, 6 km away; the farthest, Pico Teyotl, is 58 km. They are all listed under Villa del Carbón, a Pueblo Mágico that makes a good base.

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 14

Cerro del Tepeyac · Mountain · 6 km from Mexico City · Ciudad de México
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.
Cerro Zacatenco · Mountain · 9 km from Mexico City · Ciudad de México
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 · 11 km from Mexico City · Ciudad de México
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.
Yuhualixqui · Mountain · 15 km from Mexico City · Ciudad de México
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.
Cerro Judío · Mountain · 18 km from Mexico City · Ciudad de México
A 2,750 m hill above San Bernabé Ocotepec, with a restored Otomí pyramid, three crosses at the top and views over the city.
Volcán Guadalupe · Mountain · 18 km from Mexico City · Ciudad de México
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.
Cerro San Miguel · Mountain · 27 km from Mexico City · Ciudad de México
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.
Volcán Teuhtli · Mountain · 27 km from Mexico City · Ciudad de México
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.
Ajusco · Mountain · 28 km from Mexico City · Ciudad de México
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 Xico · Mountain · 28 km from Mexico City · Estado de México
A near-perfect tuff ring in the old Lake Chalco bed, the so-called navel of the world, with fields in the crater and a community museum at its foot.
Monte Tláloc · Mountain · 44 km from Mexico City · Estado de México
A 4,120 m volcano between Texcoco and Ixtapaluca with a shrine to the rain god on top, climbed on foot from Río Frío.
Papayo · Mountain · 48 km from Mexico City · 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.
Peña de la Bufa · Mountain · 49 km from Mexico City · Near Villa del Carbón
A forested peak above the Presa del Llano with a spring, a waterfall and a summit viewpoint, climbed without technical gear.
Pico Teyotl · Mountain · 58 km from Mexico City · 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.