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Ajusco
- Easiest route
- 1.6 km+445 m · about 1 h
- Prominence
- 1,239 m4,064 ft
- Isolation
- 50 km
- Tonight
- 1°CCloudy · Wind 10 km/h NE
Ajusco is a 3,936 m (12,913 ft) lava dome in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, Mexico.
All facts
- Elevation
- 3,936 m · 12,913 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Nevado de Toluca (4,680 m)
- Range
- Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
- Region
- Mexico
- Coordinates
- 19.2074° N, 99.2579° W
How to get to the top of Ajusco
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 1.5 km W of Ajusco
- Distance
- 1.6 kmone way
- Climb
- +445 m(1,460 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1 h
- Difficulty
- Grade not mapped
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Ajusco 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 9 × 9 km
Ajusco terrain and contours
50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Ajusco weather
Today · Partly cloudy · 1 / 6°C (34 / 43°F) · Wind 10 km/h NE
Ajusco forecast for the summit, about 3,936 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 3,299 m.
- Today1°6°–10 km/h NEBase 5 / 10°
- Sat1°10°–9 km/h NEBase 5 / 14°
- Sun2°8°3.2 mm10 km/h EBase 6 / 12°
- Mon1°9°3.7 mm5 km/h SBase 5 / 13°
- Tue1°10°1.7 mm5 km/h SBase 5 / 14°
- Wed2°8°9.0 mm3 km/h SEBase 6 / 12°
- Thu1°7°8.4 mm3 km/h SBase 5 / 11°
- Fri2°8°5.2 mm4 km/h NBase 6 / 12°
- Sat2°12°0.2 mm9 km/h NEBase 6 / 16°
- Sun2°13°0.1 mm7 km/h NEBase 6 / 17°
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Ajusco
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Ajusco, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
1.4 km WSW
Nearest hut
Albergue Alpino Ajusco
Nearest campsite
Zona de campismo
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 1.4 km WSW |
| Parking | 1.7 km W |
| Parking | 2.4 km NNW |
| Albergue Alpino AjuscoHut | 2.4 km NNW |
| Zona de campismoCampsite | 5.0 km N |
| Campsite | 7.5 km NNW |
How steep is the route to Ajusco?
The easiest mapped route, 1.6 km from 3,484 m to 3,936 m. Steepest stretch: 39°.
- 0–15°0.8 km
- 15–30°0.8 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 20 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 4.5 km, measured from the Ajusco summit.
Summit list 3
- 1Pico del Águila3,839 m 0.6 km N
- 2Cerro Santo Tomás3,699 m 1.4 km ENE
- 3Cerro Judío3,419 m 3.1 km SSW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.5 km; 671 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Fly Agaric164
- Transvolcanic Alligator Lizard121
- Dusky Rattlesnake118
- Yellow-eyed Junco95
- Gentian Beardtongue89
- Mexican Sea holly75
Where Ajusco sits
- Range
- Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt12
- Region
- Mexico31North America1,313
Nearby places
XítlePeak · 3,105 m↑5.8 km NE
Tepeyac HillPeak · 2,270 m↑35 km NNE
Nevado de TolucaPeak · 4,680 m↑53 km WSW
IztaccihuatlPeak · 5,230 m↑65 km E
Paso de CortésPass · 3,700 m↑66 km ESE
More in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt 6
Ajusco downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,932 m at the summit; the official height is 3,936 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 3,936 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 3,932 m | -4 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 3,923 m | -13 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-04-30)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia