Hidalgo, Mexico · North America
Lázaro Cárdenas sits on the route: 10 minutes from San José Boxay, 48km from Grutas Tolantongo.
Lázaro Cárdenas is a town located in Hidalgo, Mexico. With a population of 1,894, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, Lázaro Cárdenas 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 Lázaro Cárdenas to your route.
Progreso (officially: Progreso de Obregón) is a community and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico, located at 20°15′00″N 99°11′00″W. The municipality covers an area of 106 square kilometres (41 sq mi).
Progreso de Obregón used to be part of the municipality of Mixquiahuala de Juárez. ItRead more
started as a small village next to the Tula River called La Salitrera, but due to constant flooding, the villagers looked for higher ground and established a new village called La Venta in 1826. Thanks to its location (just in the middle of Valle del Mezquital), La Venta became an important economic center and the village grew. After a visit by president Álvaro Obregón the town changed its name to Progreso de Obregón.
On January 15, 1970, Progreso de Obregón emancipated from Mixquiahuala and became a municipality of its own.
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 4,630.
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Lázaro Cárdenas is located in Hidalgo, Mexico, North America. The coordinates are 20.2249 latitude, -99.0951 longitude.
Lázaro Cárdenas has a population of approximately 1,894 people, making it a town in Mexico.
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Green Angels (free tourist roadside assistance on federal highways): 078.
Full driving guide for Mexico5 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.
45 km · about 50 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
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.
54 km · about 65 min drive
natural wonder
Columnar basalt gorge walls with waterfalls near Huasca de Ocampo, Hidalgo, reached by road from Pachuca with visitor parking.
57 km · about 65 min 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.
58 km · about 65 min drive
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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