Hidalgo, Mexico · North America
El Refugio sits on the route: 5 minutes from Colonia 3 de Mayo (La Cruz), 50km from Teotihuacan.
El Refugio is a town located in Hidalgo, Mexico. With a population of 1,830, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, El Refugio 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 Refugio to your route.
Apaxco de Ocampo is a town and the municipal seat of the Apaxco municipality, Mexico State in Mexico. The town sits at an elevation of 2,195m. Its population was 13,836 in 2010, and 15,171 as of 2025.
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El Refugio is located in Hidalgo, Mexico, North America. The coordinates are 20.0048 latitude, -99.1883 longitude.
El Refugio has a population of approximately 1,830 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.
museum
A vast former Jesuit college at Tepotzotlán whose Church of San Francisco Javier holds Mexico's most overwhelming set of gilded Churrigueresque altarpieces: a wall-to-wall gold explosion, plus colonial art across the cloisters.
33 km · about 40 min drive
ancient ruins
The massive pre-Aztec city featuring the towering Pyramids of the Sun and Moon and the grand Avenue of the Dead, once one of the largest cities in the ancient world.
50 km · about 60 min 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.
56 km · about 65 min drive
cathedral
The world's most-visited Catholic pilgrimage site, receiving over 10 million visitors annually.
58 km · about 65 min drive
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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