Las Candelillas

Las Candelillas: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this lake: Full / gates open · Low water level · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Las Candelillas

Season: August to December when reservoirs are full and gates may open.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Las Candelillas — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 24.95785, -98.93426. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Las Candelillas

• Embalse Cerro Prieto · lake · Linares · ~63 km · Must-see
• Puerto Las Pintas · viewpoint · Burgos · ~5 km
• Cañón El Zopilote · viewpoint · Burgos · ~15 km
• Cueva el Salitre · cave · San Nicolás · ~20 km
• Cañón La Noria · viewpoint · Burgos · ~21 km
• Cañón El Aguamiel · viewpoint · San Nicolás · ~24 km
• Cueva Tío Marcos · cave · San Nicolás · ~26 km
• Cañón El Bronce · viewpoint · San Nicolás · ~28 km
• Cañón San Nicolás · viewpoint · San Nicolás · ~29 km
• Cañón El Huasteco · viewpoint · San Nicolás · ~36 km
• Cañón Agua de Lumbre · viewpoint · San Nicolás · ~36 km
• Cañon Angosto · viewpoint · San Carlos · ~39 km
• Cañón El Tigre · viewpoint · Burgos · ~39 km
• Benito Juárez · fort · San Carlos · ~52 km
• Monumento a los Niños Héroes · fort · San Carlos · ~52 km
• Puerto El Bagre · viewpoint · San Carlos · ~52 km
• Cañon Galindo · viewpoint · Cruillas · ~55 km
• Cañon Quijano · viewpoint · Cruillas · ~56 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Las Candelillas

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Las Candelillas

• Embalse Cerro Prieto · lake · Linares · ~63 km · Must-see
• Presa León · lake · Montemorelos · ~76 km
• Presa Vicente Guerrero · lake · Padilla · ~143 km
• Las Tetillas · lake · Burgos · ~5 km
• La Barretosa · lake · Burgos · ~5 km
• La Carreta · lake · Burgos · ~7 km
• La Cueva · lake · Burgos · ~15 km
• Laguna Hinojosa · lake · Burgos · ~18 km
• La Curtidera · lake · Burgos · ~19 km
• Los Llanitos · lake · Burgos · ~34 km

All lakes, dams & reservoirs in Tamaulipas

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