9 Mountains near Cuautla, Mexico: Map & Photos

9 mountains · within 60 km

There are 9 mountains within 60 km of Cuautla in a straight line, an hour or a little more by road. The closest is El Chumil, 25 km away; the farthest, Papayo, is 59 km. They are all listed under Huejotzingo, 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 9

El Chumil · Mountain · 25 km from Cuautla · 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.
Paso de Cortés · Mountain · 42 km from Cuautla · Near Huejotzingo
The high pass between Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl, at about 3,700 m, inside the Izta-Popo national park.
Volcán Teuhtli · Mountain · 44 km from Cuautla · 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.
Cerro Xico · Mountain · 48 km from Cuautla · 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.
Pico Teyotl · Mountain · 51 km from Cuautla · 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.
Ajusco · Mountain · 54 km from Cuautla · 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.
Yuhualixqui · Mountain · 55 km from Cuautla · 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.
Volcán Guadalupe · Mountain · 56 km from Cuautla · 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.
Papayo · Mountain · 59 km from Cuautla · 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.