Querétaro, Mexico · North America
Peñamiller sits on the route: 20 minutes from Agua Fría, 37km from Peña de Bernal.
Peñamiller is a town located in Querétaro, Mexico. With a population of 1,234, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, Peñamiller 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 Peñamiller to your route.
Peñamiller is a town in Peñamiller Municipality in the Mexican state of Querétaro. It is part of the Sierra Gorda region with about eighty percent of the territory belonging to the Sierra Gorda Biosphere of Querétaro. The municipality is on the southwest side of the Sierra Gorda, the highest mountains of which blockRead more
most of the moisture coming in from the Gulf of Mexico. For this reason, most of the territory is arid, part of what is called the Querétaro “semi-desert” filled with cactus. There is a small portion on the far east side which has temperate forests and bodies of water, mostly related to the Extoraz River, in which fish are raised. The name of the town and municipality comes from a mountain called “El Picacho” but reminded town founder José de Escandón of the Peña Mellera in Spain. Over time, the name morphed into Peñamiller.
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Peñamiller is located in Querétaro, Mexico, North America. The coordinates are 21.0535 latitude, -99.8154 longitude.
Peñamiller has a population of approximately 1,234 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 Mexico3 notable places within an hour's drive.
mountain pass
Querétaro's rugged mountain reserve, crossed by a serpentine highway that drops from pine forest to semi-desert and links five 18th-century Franciscan missions. Mexico's most ecologically diverse protected area.
32 km · about 35 min drive
natural wonder
One of the world's tallest monoliths, a 350-m volcanic rock towering over the pastel lanes of the magic town of Bernal: a favourite weekend drive from Querétaro and Mexico City.
37 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
The Sierra Gorda's main town, built around Junípero Serra's 1751–58 mission whose facade mixes Franciscan Baroque with unmistakably indigenous iconography: the first and most famous of the five UNESCO missions.
40 km · about 45 min drive
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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