Protected areas
Research 4 protected areas within weekend reach of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, classified from Wikidata types and ordered by measured straight-line distance from the city centre. Distances only — no travel times, schedules, or rankings.
Each place is classified from its own Wikidata type, not from its name, and is ordered by measured straight-line distance from the centre of Tuxtla Gutiérrez. Distances are great-circle kilometres between two published coordinates — this page does not publish travel times, transport schedules, opening hours, ticket prices, or rankings. Confirm access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with an official source before travelling.
Reachability is a second axis over the same places: the category says what a destination is, the band says how far it sits from Tuxtla Gutiérrez. Distances are measured in a straight line — this page publishes no travel times.
Ordered by straight-line distance from Tuxtla Gutiérrez, closest first. Distance bands: nearby is up to 60 km, weekend distance is beyond 120 km.
Sumidero Canyon National Park is a national park reachable from Tuxtla Gutiérrez as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
View place — Sumidero Canyon National Park, about 9 km (6 mi) from Tuxtla Gutiérrez
Image credit: Image: Giovani Vazquez / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Sumidero Canyon is a protected area reachable from Tuxtla Gutiérrez as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
View place — Sumidero Canyon, about 11 km (7 mi) from Tuxtla Gutiérrez
Image credit: Image: Tjeerd Wiersma from Amsterdam, The Netherlands / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
Palenque National Park is a national park reachable from Tuxtla Gutiérrez as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
View place — Palenque National Park, about 140 km (87 mi) from Tuxtla Gutiérrez
Image credit: Image: Ulises00 / Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain
Nahá-Metzabok Biosphere Reserve is a biosphere reserve reachable from Tuxtla Gutiérrez as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
View place — Nahá-Metzabok Biosphere Reserve, about 168 km (105 mi) from Tuxtla Gutiérrez
Image credit: Image: Ivetamota / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0