natural wonder
Peña de Bernal
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.
46 km · about 55 min drive
Guanajuato, Mexico · North America
Santa Catarina sits on the route: 20 minutes from Tierra Blanca, 46km from Peña de Bernal.
Santa Catarina is a town located in Guanajuato, Mexico. With a population of 1,463, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, Santa Catarina 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 Santa Catarina to your route.
Santa Catarina is a Mexican city (and municipality) located in the Northeast region of the state of Guanajuato, within the Sierra Gorda range. The municipality has an area of 193.67 square kilometres (0.64% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by Victoria and Xichú, to the east by the state ofRead more
Querétaro, to the south by Tierra Blanca, to the west by Doctor Mora, and to the northwest by Victoria. The municipality had a population of 5,120 inhabitants according to the 2010 census. In pre-Hispanic times the area of what is today Santa Catarina was mostly inhabited by Chichimeca, Pames, and Tlaxcaltecs people. Santa Catarina has been rated the best city to live in in the whole country of Mexico by the CMM commission in 2007 due to its unique people, culture, and the unique design of its church.
The municipal president of Santa Catarina and its many smaller outlying communities such as, El Chapin, Juan Diegos, Cruz De Diego, El Chilar, El Tablon, Corral Blanco, El Aguacate, and Las Limitas is Lazaro Cardenas as of 2015.
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Santa Catarina is located in Guanajuato, Mexico, North America. The coordinates are 21.1420 latitude, -100.0720 longitude.
Santa Catarina has a population of approximately 1,463 people, making it a town in Mexico.
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Green Angels (free tourist roadside assistance on federal highways): 078.
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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.
46 km · about 55 min 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.
46 km · about 55 min drive
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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