Hidalgo, Mexico · North America
El Colorado sits on the route: 10 minutes from El Rosario, 48km from Prismas Basálticos de Santa María Regla.
El Colorado is a town located in Hidalgo, Mexico. With a population of 1,074, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, El Colorado sits in Mexico, where you drive on the right. It's in the America/Mexico City time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add El Colorado to your route.
Francisco I. Madero is one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Tepatepec. The municipality covers an area of 95.1 km2 (36.7 sq mi). As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 29,466.
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El Colorado is located in Hidalgo, Mexico, North America. The coordinates are 20.2153 latitude, -99.0022 longitude.
El Colorado has a population of approximately 1,074 people, making it a town in Mexico.
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Essential numbers in Mexico
Green Angels (free tourist roadside assistance on federal highways): 078.
Full driving guide for Mexico4 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Hidalgo's "Little Cornwall" at 2,700 m: red-roofed houses, a Cornish cemetery whose graves face England, and 30 bakeries selling pastes, the Mexican descendant of the Cornish pasty.
35 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
Mexico's first designated Pueblo Mágico, a Hidalgo village of red-tiled roofs beside the 18th-century Santa María Regla and San Miguel Regla silver haciendas, now set among reservoirs and basalt canyons.
45 km · about 50 min drive
natural wonder
Columnar basalt gorge walls with waterfalls near Huasca de Ocampo, Hidalgo, reached by road from Pachuca with visitor parking.
48 km · about 55 min drive
natural wonder
A Hidalgo canyon where thermal springs pour out of the cliff into dozens of stacked turquoise infinity pools, plus a steaming cave and a tunnel that showers hot water from its walls. The access road is a spectacular switchback descent.
48 km · about 55 min drive
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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