Veracruz, Mexico · North America
Los Altos is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Tlalconteno, 47km from Pico de Orizaba.
Los Altos is a town located in Veracruz, Mexico. With a population of 3,934, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, Los Altos 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 Los Altos to your route.
Cofre de Perote, also known by its Nahuatl names Naupa-Tecutépetl (from Nāuhpa-Tēuctēpetl) and Nauhcampatépetl, both meaning something like "Place of Four Mountains" or "Mountain of the Lord of Four Places", is an inactive volcano located in the Mexican state of Veracruz, at the point where the Trans-Mexican VolcanicRead more
Belt, home to all of Mexico's highest peaks, joins the Sierra Madre Oriental. With an elevation of 4,220 metres (13,850 ft) above sea level, Cofre de Perote is Mexico's eighth highest mountain summit.
Cofre de Perote is a shield volcano, shaped very differently from the stratovolcanic Pico de Orizaba, which lies about 50 km (31 mi) to the southwest. A cofre is a coffer, and the name alludes to a volcanic outcropping on the shield which constitutes the peak of the mountain. To the north is the town of Perote, Veracruz, after which the mountain is named.
The area surrounding the volcano was protected by the Mexican government as a national park, known as Cofre de Perote National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Cofre de Perote), in 1937.
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Los Altos is located in Veracruz, Mexico, North America. The coordinates are 19.4456 latitude, -97.2019 longitude.
Los Altos has a population of approximately 3,934 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 Mexico3 notable places within an hour's drive.
waterfall
A steep Veracruz coffee town whose main draw is Cascada de Texolo, 3 km out: an 80 m fall dropping into a jungle gorge crossed by a 19th-century iron footbridge, used as a location in Romancing the Stone.
21 km · about 25 min drive
cafe
Mexico's self-declared coffee capital, a Veracruz Pueblo Mágico of pastel arcades and wrought-iron balconies in the cloud-forest foothills, with roasteries and old beneficios on nearly every block.
25 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
Mexico's highest peak at 5,636 m, a dormant volcano on the Puebla-Veracruz border visible from Highway 150D near Ciudad Serdán.
47 km · about 55 min drive
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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