natural wonder
Prismas Basálticos de Santa María Regla
Columnar basalt gorge walls with waterfalls near Huasca de Ocampo, Hidalgo, reached by road from Pachuca with visitor parking.
39 km · about 45 min drive
Hidalgo, Mexico · North America
San Nicolás sits on the route: 5 minutes from San Pablito, 39km from Prismas Basálticos de Santa María Regla.
San Nicolás is a town located in Hidalgo, Mexico. With a population of 1,368, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, San Nicolás 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 Nicolás to your route.
San Pablito is a small town located on the side of the Guajalote Mountain in the Sierra Norte de Puebla mountain region in central east Mexico. It belongs to the Pahuatlán municipality of the state of Puebla. Culturally it is dominated by the Otomi although it is part of the La Huasteca region.
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known for the commercial production of a bark paper called amate as a handcraft. This paper is mostly sold to Nahua painters in Guerrero, but it is also sold nationally and internationally on its own. The paper is made much the way it was before the arrival of the Spanish. Originally, it was made only by the area's shamans for ritual purpose but today commercial production is mostly done by the town's women and children as many men have left to work in the United States.
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San Nicolás is located in Hidalgo, Mexico, North America. The coordinates are 20.3222 latitude, -98.1878 longitude.
San Nicolás has a population of approximately 1,368 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.
natural wonder
Columnar basalt gorge walls with waterfalls near Huasca de Ocampo, Hidalgo, reached by road from Pachuca with visitor parking.
39 km · about 45 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.
43 km · about 50 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.
55 km · about 65 min drive
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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