Hidalgo, Mexico · North America
El Rincón is worth a stop: 5 minutes from El Jiadi, 38km from Prismas Basálticos de Santa María Regla.
El Rincón is a town located in Hidalgo, Mexico. With a population of 1,036, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, El Rincón 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 Rincón to your route.
Actopan (Otomi: Ma’yüts’i) is one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico, whose municipal seat and most populated locality is Actopan. This municipality covers an area of 280.1 km2. It is crossed by Federal Highway 85 that runs from Mexico City to Nuevo Laredo and it is located 30 km northwestRead more
of Pachuca, the capital city of the state of Hidalgo.
Actopan is known as the city of the convent and the land of the barbecue. Its name derives from the word “Atoctli” meaning “firm, fertile, and humid land” and the word “pan” meaning “on” or “over” in Nahuatl. Thus, the name Actopan comes to mean “on the firm, humid, and fertile land”.
Actopan’s original name in Otomi is “Ma'yüts'i” which translates to “my little pathway”.
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El Rincón is located in Hidalgo, Mexico, North America. The coordinates are 20.2733 latitude, -98.9043 longitude.
El Rincón has a population of approximately 1,036 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.
28 km · about 35 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.
35 km · about 40 min drive
natural wonder
Columnar basalt gorge walls with waterfalls near Huasca de Ocampo, Hidalgo, reached by road from Pachuca with visitor parking.
38 km · about 45 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.
43 km · about 50 min drive
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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