El Gatuño

El Gatuño: 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 Gatuño

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 Gatuño — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 30.26166, -106.56186. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near El Gatuño

• Antiguo Paradero Moctezuma · fort · Ahumada · ~17 km
• C. La Garza · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~27 km
• Cañon La Madera · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~27 km
• C. El Capulín · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~29 km
• Ruinas de Guadalupe · fort · Ahumada · ~38 km
• Cerros Las Tetas de Juana · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~40 km
• Battle of Carrizal · fort · Ahumada · ~43 km
• Cerro de Santiago · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~45 km
• El Fuste · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~50 km
• C. Las Lajas · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~58 km
• Puerto del Eco · viewpoint · Buenaventura · ~65 km
• Cerros Banco de Lucero · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~66 km
• Cerro Redondo · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~67 km
• Sierra San Miguel · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~69 km
• Puerto de Ponce · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~69 km
• Aguja de Alvarado · viewpoint · Buenaventura · ~69 km
• Puerto La Luz · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~72 km
• Puerto de las Tunas · viewpoint · Buenaventura · ~73 km

See everything within a day’s drive of El Gatuño

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near El Gatuño

• Borda de Enmedio · lake · Ahumada · ~6 km
• La Carretera · lake · Ahumada · ~6 km
• San Luis · lake · Ahumada · ~14 km
• El Coyote · lake · Ahumada · ~18 km
• La Boquilla · lake · Ahumada · ~19 km
• El Perdido · lake · Ahumada · ~25 km
• La canela · lake · Ahumada · ~26 km
• Bordos los Tapos · lake · Ahumada · ~26 km
• El Avión · lake · Ahumada · ~28 km
• La Caballada · lake · Ahumada · ~33 km

All lakes, dams & reservoirs in Chihuahua

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