el Pilon

el Pilon: 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 el Pilon

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 el Pilon — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 20.17357, -98.96933. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near el Pilon

• San Miguel Arcangel Parish · church · Actopan · ~14 km · Must-see
• San Nicolás Tolentino · church · Actopan · ~14 km · Must-see
• Museo El Rehilete · museum · Hueypoxtla · ~28 km · Must-see
• La Victoria del Viento · fort · Hueypoxtla · ~29 km · Must-see
• Puente de dios · viewpoint · Actopan · ~29 km · Must-see
• Ecoparque Grutas de Xoxafi · cave · Santiago de Anaya · ~31 km · Must-see
• 1st River Waterfall Miracles · waterfall · Mineral del Chico · ~31 km · Must-see
• Reloj Monumental de Pachuca · fort · Pachuca de Soto · ~32 km · Must-see
• Parque Nacional El Chico · sanctuary · Mineral del Chico · ~32 km · Must-see
• Museo Nacional de la Fotografía · museum · Hueypoxtla · ~32 km · Must-see
• Museo del Paste · museum · Mineral del Monte · ~37 km · Must-see
• Museo Mina de Acosta · museum · Mineral del Monte · ~40 km · Must-see
• Santiago Apostol · church · Tequixquiac · ~43 km · Must-see
• Tuzoofari · park · Axapusco · ~47 km · Must-see
• Jorge R. Acosta Museum · museum · San Juan del Río · ~51 km · Must-see
• St. Joseph Cathedral, Tula de Allende · church · San Juan del Río · ~51 km · Must-see
• Basaltic Prisms of Santa María Regla · waterfall · Huasca de Ocampo · ~54 km · Must-see
• Metztitlan Canyon · viewpoint · San Agustín Metzquititlán · ~56 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of el Pilon

Other hill stations & viewpoints near el Pilon

• Puente de dios · viewpoint · Actopan · ~29 km · Must-see
• Metztitlan Canyon · viewpoint · San Agustín Metzquititlán · ~56 km · Must-see
• Cerro Tepeyac · viewpoint · Gustavo A. Madero · ~97 km · Must-see
• Zona Arqueológica Huexotla · viewpoint · Texcoco · ~98 km · Must-see
• Tetlalmanche · viewpoint · Tláhuac · ~118 km · Must-see
• Yuhualixqui · viewpoint · Iztapalapa · ~120 km · Must-see
• Piedras Encimadas Valley · viewpoint · Acaxochitlán · ~124 km · Must-see
• Teuhtli · viewpoint · Milpa Alta · ~132 km · Must-see
• Xitle · viewpoint · Tlalpan · ~133 km · Must-see
• Ajusco · viewpoint · Tlalpan · ~140 km · Must-see

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