Uruapan, Michoacán: 10 Places to Visit, Map & Guide

10 places with their own page in the municipality of Uruapan, in the state of Michoacán.

Map of Uruapan

Uruapan · City
Michoacán's second city and the world's avocado hub, where the Cupatitzio river rises in a forested ravine a few blocks from the main plaza.

Angahuan · Town
Purépecha-speaking village and base for Paricutín, with an early colonial church and guides with horses for hire.
Capácuaro · Town
A Purépecha woodworking town on the Paracho–Uruapan highway, lined with furniture workshops and roadside showrooms.
Zacán · Town
A Purépecha village on Paricutín's slopes that hosts the great Purépecha artistic contest of music and dance every October.

La Tzaráracua · Waterfall
Michoacán's best-known waterfall, where the Cupatitzio River drops some 40–60 meters into a canyon south of Uruapan.

Parque Nacional Barranca del Cupatitzio · Nature reserve
The ravine where the Cupatitzio, the 'singing river', springs from the rock, with fountains, falls and stone bridges inside the city of Uruapan.

Volcán Paricutín · Mountain
The volcano that rose from a cornfield in 1943: ride or hike across the lava from Angahuan to its still-steaming crater.

Barrio de San Pedro · Landmark
One of Uruapan's nine founding barrios, with a 16th-century chapel, an 1890s textile mill and a lacquerware tradition. Barrio Mágico since 2023.
La Huatápera (Museo de los Cuatro Pueblos Indios) · Landmark
A hospital founded in 1533 by Uruapan's Franciscan founder, now a free museum of Michoacán's indigenous peoples and their crafts on the main square.
Templo de San Juan Parangaricutiro · Landmark
A church tower and altar rising from a sea of black lava, all that is left of a town buried by Paricutín in 1944.