El Ocotillo

El Ocotillo: 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 Ocotillo

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 Ocotillo — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 29.35786, -110.18285. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near El Ocotillo

• Museo Regional y Casa de la Cultura de Ures · museum · Ures · ~27 km · Must-see
• Puerto Los Jacales · viewpoint · Villa Pesqueira · ~13 km
• Antigua Casa del Coronel Ignacio Pesqueira · attraction · Ures · ~27 km
• Puerto Jonuco · viewpoint · Moctezuma · ~36 km
• Puerto Magueyitos · viewpoint · Villa Pesqueira · ~37 km
• Puerto Don Justo · viewpoint · Villa Pesqueira · ~37 km
• Cañada Las Sandias · viewpoint · Moctezuma · ~42 km
• Puerto El Saltito · viewpoint · Moctezuma · ~43 km
• Puerto El Fresco · viewpoint · Ures · ~44 km
• Cueva El Coytari · cave · Villa Pesqueira · ~44 km
• Cuevas Varela · cave · Villa Pesqueira · ~45 km
• Puerto La Macana · viewpoint · San Felipe de Jesús · ~46 km
• Puerto Sombreretillo · viewpoint · Ures · ~46 km
• Puerto Batuc · viewpoint · Villa Pesqueira · ~46 km
• Puerto La Brea · viewpoint · Ures · ~47 km
• Cañada Los Bueyes · viewpoint · San Felipe de Jesús · ~48 km
• Puerto Chihuahuilla · viewpoint · Moctezuma · ~48 km
• Puerto Campodonico · viewpoint · Ures · ~49 km

See everything within a day’s drive of El Ocotillo

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near El Ocotillo

• Lake Novillo · lake · Bacanora · ~84 km · Must-see
• Chino Largo · lake · Ures · ~4 km
• Agua Blanca · lake · Ures · ~5 km
• Esperanza · lake · Ures · ~5 km
• Casimiro · lake · Ures · ~5 km
• La Duana · lake · Ures · ~6 km
• Palo Fierral · lake · Ures · ~6 km
• El Rincón Norteño · lake · Ures · ~7 km
• La Pitahayita · lake · Ures · ~7 km
• El Monchi · lake · Ures · ~7 km

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