El Placer

El Placer: 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 Placer

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 Placer — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 29.69810, -110.28885. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near El Placer

• Museo Regional y Casa de la Cultura de Ures · museum · Ures · ~40 km · Must-see
• Cañada Los Bueyes · viewpoint · San Felipe de Jesús · ~4 km
• Puerto La Macana · viewpoint · San Felipe de Jesús · ~7 km
• Templo de San Pedro y San Pablo · church · San Felipe de Jesús · ~19 km
• Puerto Los Tres Mezquites · viewpoint · San Felipe de Jesús · ~29 km
• Salto los Yaquis · waterfall · San Felipe de Jesús · ~29 km
• Puerto Zipigori · viewpoint · Cumpas · ~36 km
• Cañada de Badéguachi · viewpoint · San Felipe de Jesús · ~37 km
• Puerto Chihuahuilla · viewpoint · Moctezuma · ~38 km
• Antigua Casa del Coronel Ignacio Pesqueira · attraction · Ures · ~40 km
• Puerto La Chanza · viewpoint · Cumpas · ~41 km
• Puerto Nacameri · viewpoint · Ures · ~42 km
• Cañada Las Víboras · viewpoint · Ures · ~42 km
• Puerto Cerro Maldonado · viewpoint · Cumpas · ~42 km
• Cañada Salto del Álamo · waterfall · San Felipe de Jesús · ~43 km
• Puerto Los Mojones · viewpoint · Cumpas · ~43 km
• Puerto Las Cotas · viewpoint · San Felipe de Jesús · ~43 km
• Salto la Ferrosa · waterfall · Cumpas · ~45 km

See everything within a day’s drive of El Placer

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near El Placer

• Lake Novillo · lake · Bacanora · ~127 km · Must-see
• Romo · lake · San Felipe de Jesús · ~2 km
• Comedero de Tierra · lake · San Felipe de Jesús · ~3 km
• El Frijolero · lake · San Felipe de Jesús · ~5 km
• La Mesa · lake · San Felipe de Jesús · ~7 km
• Los Chinitos · lake · San Felipe de Jesús · ~7 km
• El Lobo · lake · San Felipe de Jesús · ~8 km
• La Fortuna · lake · San Felipe de Jesús · ~10 km
• El Güero · lake · San Felipe de Jesús · ~11 km
• Peña Blanca · lake · Ures · ~14 km

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