Lake Chalco

#233 among destinations in Mexico

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Lake Chalco was an endorheic lake formerly located in the Valley of Mexico, and was important for Mesoamerican cultural development in central Mexico. The lake was named after the ancient city of Chalco on its former eastern shore. ()

Local name: Lago de Chalco Elevation: 7313 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 19°16'1"N, 98°58'59"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Chalco de Díaz Covarrubias, Tlapacoya, Chinampa, Lake Zumpango.

5.6 miE
Area
Chalco de Díaz Covarrubias, Ixtapaluca
143 min walk • Chalco de Díaz Covarrubias is a city that is municipal seat of the surrounding municipality of Chalco. It lies in the eastern part of the State of Mexico just east of the Federal District of Mexico and is considered part of the Mexico City metropolitan area.
5.2 miNE
Archaeological site
Tlapacoya
132 min walk • Tlapacoya is an important archaeological site in Mexico, located at the foot of the Tlapacoya volcano, southeast of Mexico City, on the former shore of Lake Chalco. Tlapacoya was a major site for the Tlatilco culture. Tlapacoya is known in particular for Tlapacoya figurines.
4.5 miW
Park
Chinampa
115 min walk • Chinampa is a technique used in Mesoamerican agriculture which relies on small, rectangular areas of fertile arable land to grow crops on the shallow lake beds in the Valley of Mexico.
~0 ftN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Zumpango
1 min walk • Lake Zumpango was an endorheic lake formerly located in the Valley of Mexico. It was important area for Mesoamerican cultural development in central Mexico.
3.2 miSE
Neighbourhood
San Andrés Mixquic, Milpa Alta
81 min walk • San Andres Míxquic is a community located in the southeast of the Distrito Federal in the borough of Tláhuac. The community was founded by the 11th century on what was a small island in Lake Chalco. “Míxquic” means “in mesquite” but the community's culture for most of its...
6.3 miSW
Neighbourhood
San Pedro Atocpan, Milpa Alta
161 min walk • San Pedro Atocpan is one of the communities that make up the borough of Milpa Alta in Mexico City. This location is known for the preparation of mole sauce, which employs over 90% of the community and provides almost all of the sauce that is eaten in Mexico City.