Chicabal Lake

#43 among destinations in Guatemala

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Chicabal Lake is a Guatemalan lake sacred to the Mam Mayan people. The lake is located in the municipal boundary of the town of San Martín Sacatepéquez in the department of Quetzaltenango. A crater lake, Chicabal Lake was formed in the crater of Volcán Chicabal at an elevation of 2,712 meters. The terrain surrounding the lake is a cloud forest. ()

Local name: Laguna de Chicabal Width: 1886 ftMaximum depth: 1086 ftElevation: 7884 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 14°46'60"N, 91°40'0"W

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QuezaltenangoGuatemala

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Chicabal Lake – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Chicabal, Volcán Siete Orejas, Concepción Chiquirichapa.

0.6 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano
Chicabal
17 min walk • Chicabal is a 2,720 metres inactive volcano in the Quetzaltenango department of Guatemala. Its edifice has a volume of 12 km3. The volcano has a crater lake, Chicabal Lake, and is constructed within a collapse scar that may have been the consequence of a failure of a previous edifice. It is associated with Santa Maria volcano.
3.9 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Volcán Siete Orejas
101 min walk • Volcán Siete Orejas is a stratovolcano in Guatemala located within the Quetzaltenango Department, in the municipalities of Quetzaltenango, Concepción Chiquirichapa, La Esperanza, and San Martin Sacatepequez. It is in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas.
5.6 miNE
Locality
Concepción Chiquirichapa
142 min walk • Concepción Chiquirichapa is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Quetzaltenango in the Western Highlands of Guatemala, 14 kilometers west of the departmental capital of Quetzaltenango, and 214 kilometers west of the capital Guatemala City.