El Cansangue

El Cansangue: 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 Cansangue

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 Cansangue — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 19.85670, -102.21811. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near El Cansangue

• Parque Nacional Lago de Camécuaro · sanctuary · Tangancícuaro · ~7 km · Must-see
• Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe · church · Zamora · ~19 km · Must-see
• Parícutin · viewpoint · Uruapan · ~51 km · Must-see
• Alberca de Los Espinos · lake · Jiménez · ~59 km · Must-see
• Michoacán-Guanajuato volcanic field · viewpoint · Zacapu · ~61 km · Must-see
• Pico de Tancítaro · sanctuary · Tancítaro · ~63 km · Must-see
• Barranca Canindo · viewpoint · Tangancícuaro · ~6 km
• Barranca El Charco · viewpoint · Tangancícuaro · ~7 km
• Lago de Camécuaro · lake · Tangancícuaro · ~7 km
• Barranca El Cirimo · viewpoint · Chilchota · ~8 km
• Barranca El Fresno · viewpoint · Jacona · ~11 km
• Barranca Charaquiro · viewpoint · Chilchota · ~11 km
• Barranca El Ermitaño · viewpoint · Tangancícuaro · ~12 km
• Barranca El Chirimoya · viewpoint · Tangancícuaro · ~13 km
• La beata · viewpoint · Tangancícuaro · ~13 km
• Barranca Carazanaño · viewpoint · Los Reyes · ~13 km
• Barranca Agua Escondida · viewpoint · Los Reyes · ~14 km
• Barranca El Carricillo · viewpoint · Jacona · ~15 km

See everything within a day’s drive of El Cansangue

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near El Cansangue

• Alberca de Los Espinos · lake · Jiménez · ~59 km · Must-see
• Lake Pátzcuaro · lake · Tzintzuntzan · ~85 km · Must-see
• Lake Zirahuén · lake · Salvador Escalante · ~86 km · Must-see
• Lake Chapala · lake · Región Ciénega · ~121 km · Must-see
• Lake Chapala · lake · Cojumatlán de Régules · ~122 km · Must-see
• Lake Cuitzeo · lake · Uriangato · ~149 km · Must-see
• Lago de Camécuaro · lake · Tangancícuaro · ~7 km
• La Pólvora · lake · Región Ciénega · ~90 km
• Presa Constitución de Apatzingán · lake · Región Sureste · ~101 km
• La Lama · lake · Morelia · ~116 km

All lakes, dams & reservoirs in Michoacán

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