12 Mountains near Otumba, Estado de México: Map & Photos

12 mountains · within 60 km

There are 12 mountains within 60 km of Otumba in a straight line, an hour or a little more by road. The closest is Monte Tláloc, 32 km away; the farthest, Volcán Teuhtli, is 59 km. They are listed under the Pueblos Mágicos of Mineral del Chico and Tlaxco, 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 12

Monte Tláloc · Mountain · 32 km from Otumba · 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.
Cerro Zacatenco · Mountain · 43 km from Otumba · 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 · 43 km from Otumba · 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.
Cerro del Tepeyac · Mountain · 44 km from Otumba · 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.
Papayo · Mountain · 44 km from Otumba · 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.
Volcán Guadalupe · Mountain · 49 km from Otumba · 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 Xico · Mountain · 53 km from Otumba · 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.
Yuhualixqui · Mountain · 53 km from Otumba · 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.
Las Ventanas · Mountain · 54 km from Otumba · Near Mineral del Chico
El Chico's highest crags, about 3,090 meters up: a rock-climbing classic with an easy trail to a windy lookout.
Peñón del Rosario · Mountain · 58 km from Otumba · Near Tlaxco
A 3,400 m rock-crowned peak in the Sierra de Tlaxco, climbed from Acopinalco or El Rosario, with a ladder up the final crag.
Pico Teyotl · Mountain · 58 km from Otumba · 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.
Volcán Teuhtli · Mountain · 59 km from Otumba · 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.