Hidalgo, Mexico · North America
San José Ocotillos is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Huasca de Ocampo, 8km from Prismas Basálticos de Santa María Regla.
San José Ocotillos is a town located in Hidalgo, Mexico. With a population of 1,040, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, San José Ocotillos 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 San José Ocotillos to your route.
Huasca de Ocampo (Spanish: ['waska ðe o'kampo] ) is a town and municipality of the state of Hidalgo in central Mexico. It is located 34 km from Pachuca and 16 km from Real del Monte in the Pachuca Mountains. While the town itself is just within the mountain range, much of the municipal land is located in a valley thatRead more
opens up to the east of the town. While one of the first haciendas to be established in Mexico is located here, economic development started with mining haciendas built by Pedro Romero de Terreros in the 18th century. By the mid 20th century, none of these haciendas were in existence, having been broken up into communal farm lands (ejido) and some even fully or partially under lakes created by dams. While agriculture remains important economically, the area has been promoted as a tourism destination, especially for weekend visitors from Mexico City, with attractions such as canyons, traditional houses, old hacienda facilities and waterfalls.
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San José Ocotillos is located in Hidalgo, Mexico, North America. The coordinates are 20.2069 latitude, -98.6131 longitude.
San José Ocotillos has a population of approximately 1,040 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.
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.
4 km · about 5 min drive
natural wonder
Columnar basalt gorge walls with waterfalls near Huasca de Ocampo, Hidalgo, reached by road from Pachuca with visitor parking.
8 km · about 15 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.
10 km · about 20 min drive
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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