El Perico

El Perico: 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 El Perico

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 El Perico — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 24.40373, -98.52530. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near El Perico

• Gruta Cueva el Guano · cave · Jiménez · ~8 km
• Cañón El Diablo · viewpoint · Jiménez · ~8 km
• Cañón La Loba · viewpoint · Jiménez · ~11 km
• Cañón Los Banquetes · viewpoint · Jiménez · ~14 km
• Cañon Tio Pancho · viewpoint · Cruillas · ~16 km
• Paso El Puerto · viewpoint · San Carlos · ~22 km
• Cañon Ortiz · viewpoint · San Nicolás · ~25 km
• Cañon El Sauz · viewpoint · San Carlos · ~29 km
• Cañon Carricitos · viewpoint · San Nicolás · ~33 km
• Cañon Agua Grande · viewpoint · Cruillas · ~37 km
• Cañon Carrillo · viewpoint · Jiménez · ~38 km
• Cañon Quijano · viewpoint · Cruillas · ~41 km
• Cañon Galindo · viewpoint · Cruillas · ~42 km
• Cañón de Tulio · viewpoint · Padilla · ~47 km
• Paso de Coyotes · viewpoint · Padilla · ~48 km
• Cañon El Catan · viewpoint · Padilla · ~56 km
• Cañon El Tigre · viewpoint · Padilla · ~56 km
• Cerro del Diente · viewpoint · San Carlos · ~57 km

See everything within a day’s drive of El Perico

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near El Perico

• Embalse Cerro Prieto · lake · Linares · ~135 km · Must-see
• Presa Vicente Guerrero · lake · Padilla · ~64 km
• El Pinguino · lake · Jiménez · ~6 km
• El Roble · lake · Cruillas · ~13 km
• Mimbroso · lake · Cruillas · ~14 km
• La Loba · lake · Jiménez · ~14 km
• La Manguita · lake · San Carlos · ~26 km
• La Escondida · lake · Jiménez · ~26 km
• La Campana · lake · Cruillas · ~28 km
• Tanque Viejo · lake · Cruillas · ~28 km

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