DetourmapPlaces worth the detour in Mexico City
19 places worth going out of your way for lie within 30 km of Mexico City, Mexico, across 2 kinds of detour; archaeological & historic sites are the largest group (11). Best known: Lake Texcoco. 13 of them rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Within 30 km
- 19
- Oldest
- Templo Mayor 1325
- Little known
- 13 of 19
- Most from
- 20th century
All 19, ranked 19
Ranked by how many Wikipedia editions cover them.
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8.Santa Cecilia Acatitlan
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Mesoamerican archaeological site in Mexico State, Mexico
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13.Fuentes Brotantes de Tlalpan National Park
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
National park in Mexico
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17.Leonora Carrington House Museum
Archaeological · 21st century · Hidden gem
Biographical public museum in Colonia Roma, Mexico City
Questions about this page
What is worth seeing near Mexico City?
19 places within 30 km: 11 archaeological & historic sites and 8 nature & landscapes. The best known is Lake Texcoco.
Is there anything near Mexico City that most visitors miss?
13 of these 19 places rank as little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages, which is usually the difference between a queue and an empty path. They are in the ranked list below, furthest down.
What is the oldest thing near Mexico City?
Templo Mayor, dated to 1325.
How is the 30 km radius measured?
As the crow flies from the centre of Mexico City, not by driving time. A place inside the circle can still be a long way round by road, and the distance to each is on its card on the map.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.