Picacho

Picacho: 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 viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Picacho

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

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 Picacho — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 20.02165, -98.61927. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Picacho

• Tuzoofari · park · Axapusco · ~4 km · Must-see
• Museo del Paste · museum · Mineral del Monte · ~18 km · Must-see
• Museo Mina de Acosta · museum · Mineral del Monte · ~18 km · Must-see
• Museo Nacional de la Fotografía · museum · Hueypoxtla · ~20 km · Must-see
• Reloj Monumental de Pachuca · fort · Pachuca de Soto · ~21 km · Must-see
• La Victoria del Viento · fort · Hueypoxtla · ~22 km · Must-see
• Museo El Rehilete · museum · Hueypoxtla · ~22 km · Must-see
• Parque Nacional El Chico · sanctuary · Mineral del Chico · ~28 km · Must-see
• Basaltic Prisms of Santa María Regla · waterfall · Huasca de Ocampo · ~30 km · Must-see
• 1st River Waterfall Miracles · waterfall · Mineral del Chico · ~31 km · Must-see
• Zona Arqueológica Huapalcalco · fort · Tulancingo de Bravo · ~36 km · Must-see
• Laguna de los Cerros · fort · Tulancingo de Bravo · ~36 km · Must-see
• Puente de dios · viewpoint · Actopan · ~45 km · Must-see
• Museo del Ferrocarril en Otumba · museum · Calpulalpan · ~47 km · Must-see
• Pyramid of the Moon · fort · Gustavo A. Madero · ~54 km · Must-see
• Pyramid of the Moon · attraction · Teotihuacán · ~54 km · Must-see
• Quetzalpapálotl · fort · Gustavo A. Madero · ~54 km · Must-see
• Palace of the Jaguars · fort · Teotihuacán · ~54 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Picacho

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Picacho

• Puente de dios · viewpoint · Actopan · ~45 km · Must-see
• Metztitlan Canyon · viewpoint · San Agustín Metzquititlán · ~62 km · Must-see
• Piedras Encimadas Valley · viewpoint · Acaxochitlán · ~78 km · Must-see
• Zona Arqueológica Huexotla · viewpoint · Texcoco · ~83 km · Must-see
• Cerro Tepeyac · viewpoint · Gustavo A. Madero · ~99 km · Must-see
• Tetlalmanche · viewpoint · Tláhuac · ~109 km · Must-see
• Yuhualixqui · viewpoint · Iztapalapa · ~113 km · Must-see
• Teuhtli · viewpoint · Milpa Alta · ~123 km · Must-see
• Paso de Cortés · viewpoint · Tetela del Volcán · ~130 km · Must-see
• Xitle · viewpoint · Tlalpan · ~134 km · Must-see

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