8 Nature Parks in Morelos, Mexico: Map & Photos

8 parks and reserves

Morelos has 8 parks and reserves with their own page on Puebloteca, near the Pueblo Mágico of Tlaltizapán. The closest to a pueblo is Las Estacas, 6 km from Tlaltizapán; the farthest out is Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra de Huautla, 26 km from Tlaltizapán.

Parks and reserves are best on weekdays and early in the day. Bring water, and check the opening hours, since some close one day a week.

Best months, when most of these towns are dry with comfortable afternoons: Jan, Feb, Mar, Dec.

The Nature Parks 8

Las Estacas · Nature reserve · 6 km from Tlaltizapán
A spring-fed river so clear you can see the bottom, inside a park where you swim, snorkel and float downstream.
Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra de Huautla · Nature reserve · 26 km from Tlaltizapán
A UNESCO-recognized reserve of tropical dry forest in Morelos' far south, best explored with a local guide.
Bosque Mirador · Nature reserve · Cuernavaca
About 22 ha of pine forest in Ahuatepec, north of Cuernavaca; a municipal protected area since 2016, next to the Chichinautzin corridor.
Cañón de Lobos · Nature reserve · Yautepec
Dry-forest canyon between Cuernavaca and Yautepec, crossed by Federal Highway 138; 148 butterfly species and a favourite climb for road cyclists.
Corredor Biológico Chichinautzin · Nature reserve · Huitzilac
Federal protected area of 37,302 ha, decreed in 1988: pine, oak and fir forest between Cuernavaca, Tepoztlán and Huitzilac, linking Zempoala and El Tepozteco.
Parque Estatal Cerro de la Tortuga · Nature reserve · Zacatepec
A 310 ha state park (2012) between Zacatepec and Puente de Ixtla, one of the last patches of tropical dry forest in south-central Morelos.
Parque Nacional El Tepozteco · Nature reserve · Tepoztlán
About 23,000 ha of volcanic sierra between Tepoztlán and southern Mexico City: pine and oak forest, dry tropical woods and the Tepozteco pyramid.
Reserva Estatal Sierra de Montenegro · Nature reserve · Tlaltizapán de Zapata
A 7,724 ha state reserve across Jiutepec, Yautepec, Emiliano Zapata and Tlaltizapán, with some of Morelos's best tropical dry forest left.