11 Nature Parks near Villa del Carbón: Map & Photos

11 parks and reserves · within 60 km

There are 11 parks and reserves within 60 km of Villa del Carbón in a straight line, an hour or a little more by road. The closest is México Chiquito, 11 km away; the farthest, Parque nacional Fuentes Brotantes de Tlalpan, is 58 km. They are listed under the Pueblos Mágicos of Metepec, 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

México Chiquito · Nature reserve · 11 km from 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.
Xochitla Parque Ecológico · Nature reserve · 28 km from Villa del Carbón · Near Tepotzotlán
A 70-hectare ecological park on Tepotzotlán's edge with a botanical garden, bike rentals, boating and camping.
Bosque de Chapultepec · Nature reserve · 45 km from Villa del Carbón · 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.
Desierto de los Leones · Nature reserve · 49 km from Villa del Carbón · 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.
La Marquesa · Nature reserve · 50 km from Villa del Carbón · Near Metepec
Pine-forest valleys on the Toluca–Mexico City highway, popular on weekends for horseback rides, trout and quesadillas.
Bosque de San Juan de Aragón · Nature reserve · 51 km from Villa del Carbón · 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).
Parque Estatal Sierra Morelos · Nature reserve · 52 km from Villa del Carbón · Estado de México
1,255 hectares of wooded hills and lakes on Toluca's northern edge: trails of up to 9 km, picnic shelters and an axolotl house under repair.
Los Dinamos · Nature reserve · 53 km from Villa del Carbón · Ciudad de México
Forested canyon of the Río Magdalena, the city's last living river: waterfalls, climbing walls, trout and old Porfirian power plants.
Bosque de Tlalpan · Nature reserve · 56 km from Villa del Carbón · Ciudad de México
A 253-hectare urban park on Xitle lava: running tracks, mountain trails, a duck lake and traces of Cuicuilco. Open daily.
Cerro de la Estrella · Nature reserve · 57 km from Villa del Carbón · 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.
Parque nacional Fuentes Brotantes de Tlalpan · Nature reserve · 58 km from Villa del Carbón · 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.