5 parks and reserves · within 60 km
There are 5 parks and reserves within 60 km of Taxco in a straight line, an hour or a little more by road. The closest is Desierto del Carmen, 39 km away; the farthest, Reserva Estatal Sierra de Montenegro, is 56 km. They are listed under the Pueblos Mágicos of Tlaltizapán and Malinalco, which make good bases.
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 5
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Desierto del Carmen · Nature reserve · 39 km from Taxco · Near Malinalco
A forested national park around a secluded Carmelite convent, with clifftop lookouts over the Malinalco valley. -
Parque Estatal Cerro de la Tortuga · Nature reserve · 43 km from Taxco · Morelos
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. -
Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra de Huautla · Nature reserve · 52 km from Taxco · Near Tlaltizapán
A UNESCO-recognized reserve of tropical dry forest in Morelos' far south, best explored with a local guide. -
Las Estacas · Nature reserve · 55 km from Taxco · Near Tlaltizapán
A spring-fed river so clear you can see the bottom, inside a park where you swim, snorkel and float downstream. -
Reserva Estatal Sierra de Montenegro · Nature reserve · 56 km from Taxco · Morelos
A 7,724 ha state reserve across Jiutepec, Yautepec, Emiliano Zapata and Tlaltizapán, with some of Morelos's best tropical dry forest left.
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Distances are in a straight line; roads add about a third.
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