11 Nature Parks near Tepotzotlán: Map & Photos

11 parks and reserves · within 60 km

There are 11 parks and reserves within 60 km of Tepotzotlán in a straight line, an hour or a little more by road. The closest is Xochitla Parque Ecológico, 2 km away; the farthest, La Marquesa, is 51 km. They are listed under the Pueblos Mágicos of Metepec, Teotihuacán, Tepotzotlán, and Villa del Carbón, 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 11

Xochitla Parque Ecológico · Nature reserve · 2 km from Tepotzotlán
A 70-hectare ecological park on Tepotzotlán's edge with a botanical garden, bike rentals, boating and camping.
Bosque de San Juan de Aragón · Nature reserve · 32 km from Tepotzotlán · Ciudad de México
A 162-hectare urban forest in northern Mexico City with a lake, a 5 km running loop and a free zoo next door; Metro Bosque de Aragón (Line B).
México Chiquito · Nature reserve · 33 km from Tepotzotlán · Near Villa del Carbón
Red and orange eroded mounds reflected in a pond at the edge of Chapa de Mota, a landscape that looks almost Martian.
Bosque de Chapultepec · Nature reserve · 34 km from Tepotzotlán · Ciudad de México
More than 800 hectares of forest in four sections: rowboats on the lakes, a free zoo, the castle hill and the city's great museums.
Cerro de la Estrella · Nature reserve · 43 km from Tepotzotlán · Ciudad de México
Iztapalapa's hill, where the Mexica lit the New Fire every 52 years and where the Iztapalapa Passion play ends each Good Friday.
Desierto de los Leones · Nature reserve · 46 km from Tepotzotlán · Ciudad de México
Mexico's first national park: fir forest above the city around a 17th-century Carmelite convent with hermitages and a whispering chapel.
Los Dinamos · Nature reserve · 46 km from Tepotzotlán · Ciudad de México
Forested canyon of the Río Magdalena, the city's last living river: waterfalls, climbing walls, trout and old Porfirian power plants.
Parque Nacional Molino de Flores · Nature reserve · 46 km from Tepotzotlán · Near Teotihuacán
A small national park around the ruins of a colonial mill hacienda in a wooded ravine east of Texcoco.
Bosque de Tlalpan · Nature reserve · 47 km from Tepotzotlán · Ciudad de México
A 253-hectare urban park on Xitle lava: running tracks, mountain trails, a duck lake and traces of Cuicuilco. Open daily.
Parque nacional Fuentes Brotantes de Tlalpan · Nature reserve · 48 km from Tepotzotlán · Ciudad de México
National park declared in 1936, with Ajusco springs, a lake of ducks and turtles, trails and food stalls; about 8 of its 129 hectares remain.
La Marquesa · Nature reserve · 51 km from Tepotzotlán · Near Metepec
Pine-forest valleys on the Toluca–Mexico City highway, popular on weekends for horseback rides, trout and quesadillas.