9 parks and reserves
Nuevo León has 9 parks and reserves with their own page on Puebloteca, near the Pueblos Mágicos of Santiago, Bustamante, General Terán, and General Zaragoza. The closest to a pueblo is Cañón de Bustamante, 3 km from Bustamante; the farthest out is Cañón de Santa Rosa, 29 km from Linares.
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 9
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Cañón de Bustamante · Nature reserve · 3 km from Bustamante
The canyon of the San Lorenzo spring between the Sierra de Gomas and Sierra Morena: clear pools, camping, and a water park. -
Parque Recreativo Sabino Gordo · Nature reserve · 5 km from General Terán
A free family park outside General Terán around a sabino tree said to be about 1,000 years old, with pools and palapas. -
Las Presitas · Nature reserve · 9 km from General Zaragoza
Free, shaded turquoise pools just outside Zaragoza, known to everyone by its cheeky nickname, La Chingada. -
Cañón de Matacanes · Nature reserve · 16 km from Santiago
Mexico's best-known canyoneering route: a full day of jumps, rappels, natural slides and swims through caves in the mountains above Santiago. -
Hidrofobia · Nature reserve · 18 km from Santiago
The wilder, more technical sister of Matacanes: a canyon of cold pools and jumps of up to 18 meters, starting at the foot of El Chipitín. -
Cañón de Santa Rosa · Nature reserve · 29 km from Linares
A scenic mountain drive on Highway 58 from Linares to Iturbide, along a stream, with the Jaures 'water volcano' spring. -
Parque Ecológico Chipinque · Nature reserve · San Pedro Garza García
A 1,791-hectare forest reserve on the mountain above San Pedro and Monterrey, with 37 trails, a 1930s general's house and guided climbs to La M. -
Parque La Huasteca · Nature reserve · Santa Catarina
A limestone canyon cut by the Santa Catarina river on Monterrey's western edge, with walls over 550 m high, hundreds of climbing routes and rappel hikes. -
Parque Natural La Estanzuela · Nature reserve · Monterrey
A wooded canyon park on Monterrey's southern edge where the city got its first drinking water: a cobbled riverside path and a hike to El Cielo falls.
On the map
Distances are in a straight line; roads add about a third.
Where to stay
The Pueblos Mágicos these places are closest to, each with hotels, food and getting-there notes.
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Names and locations from OpenStreetMap; notes and write-ups are our own.