El Chango

El Chango: 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 Chango

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 Chango — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 30.96842, -106.66302. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near El Chango

• C. Banco del Carnicero · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~10 km
• Cañón El Calvo · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~11 km
• Puerto El Bebedero · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~13 km
• Cañón La Tinajita · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~14 km
• Cañón El Nopaloso · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~14 km
• Cañón El Aura · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~15 km
• Cañón El Piloncillo · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~16 km
• Cañón El Oso · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~16 km
• Puerto El Rey del Cobre · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~24 km
• Puerto Almirez · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~25 km
• Puerto La Luz · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~30 km
• Sierra San Miguel · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~32 km
• Cerros Banco de Lucero · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~34 km
• Cerro Redondo · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~37 km
• Cañón Las Placitas · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~37 km
• C. Las Lajas · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~41 km
• Área Natural Protegida Médanos de Samalayuca · beach · Juárez · ~46 km
• Battle of Carrizal · fort · Ahumada · ~57 km

See everything within a day’s drive of El Chango

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near El Chango

• Riverside Diversion Dam · lake · El Paso · ~104 km
• American Diversion Dam · lake · New Mexico · ~115 km
• Portland Cement Dam · lake · El Paso · ~117 km
• Northgate Dam · lake · El Paso · ~129 km
• El Calvo · lake · Ahumada · ~10 km
• Maravillitas · lake · Ahumada · ~18 km
• Rancheria · lake · Ahumada · ~21 km
• El Pino · lake · Ahumada · ~32 km
• El Huerfano · lake · Ahumada · ~34 km
• Bordo Bola · lake · Ahumada · ~38 km

All lakes, dams & reservoirs in Chihuahua

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