El Gallo

El Gallo: 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 Gallo

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 Gallo — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 18.72989, -100.67461. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near El Gallo

• Zona arqueológica de San Miguel Ixtapan · fort · Tejupilco · ~69 km · Must-see
• Salto El Hurón · waterfall · San Lucas · ~3 km
• Cerro El Platanillo · viewpoint · Cutzamala de Pinzón · ~4 km
• Cerro El Molcajete · viewpoint · Cutzamala de Pinzón · ~5 km
• Cerro El Cordoncillo · viewpoint · Cutzamala de Pinzón · ~6 km
• Cerro Los Lobos · viewpoint · Cutzamala de Pinzón · ~8 km
• Cerro El Moscón · viewpoint · Cutzamala de Pinzón · ~13 km
• Cerro Carboneras · viewpoint · Cutzamala de Pinzón · ~13 km
• Cerro La Leona · viewpoint · Cutzamala de Pinzón · ~14 km
• Cerro El Limón · viewpoint · Cutzamala de Pinzón · ~15 km
• Cerro Cabrigo · viewpoint · Cutzamala de Pinzón · ~16 km
• Cerro Alto · viewpoint · Cutzamala de Pinzón · ~19 km
• Cerro El Ocotito · viewpoint · Cutzamala de Pinzón · ~21 km
• Barranca Barrabás · viewpoint · San Lucas · ~21 km
• Salto el Coyolito · waterfall · San Lucas · ~23 km
• fosiles · museum · San Lucas · ~26 km
• Barranca Las Minitas · viewpoint · Huetamo · ~28 km
• Cascada Quenchendio · waterfall · Huetamo · ~33 km

See everything within a day’s drive of El Gallo

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near El Gallo

• Cerro Gordo · lake · Valle de Bravo · ~88 km · Must-see
• Embarcadero Municipal · lake · Valle de Bravo · ~96 km
• Bordos el Bañito · lake · Morelia · ~145 km
• Zacango Ecological Park · lake · Calimaya · ~150 km
• El Cirián · lake · Cutzamala de Pinzón · ~13 km
• Hermenegildo Galeana · lake · San Lucas · ~26 km
• Presa El Chihuero · lake · Huetamo · ~29 km
• Corral Viejo · lake · Amatepec · ~32 km
• Sánchez Colín · lake · Amatepec · ~34 km
• El Pejo · lake · Huetamo · ~37 km

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