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Cerro El Potosí

3,721 m12,208 ft

Prominence: 1,870 m6,135 ft
Isolation: at least 200 km
Tonight: 0°CFog · Wind 10 km/h E

Cerro El Potosí is a 3,721 m (12,208 ft) mountain in the Sierra Madre Oriental, Nuevo León, Mexico.

All facts

Elevation: 3,721 m · 12,208 ft
Range: Sierra Madre Oriental
Region: Nuevo León, Mexico
Coordinates: 24.8712° N, 100.2326° W

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3D map

Cerro El Potosí 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Cerro El Potosí terrain and contours

100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

Cerro El Potosí elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Cerro El Potosí weather

Tonight · Fog · 0°C (32°F) · Wind 10 km/h E

Cerro El Potosí forecast for the summit, about 3,721 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,928 m.

Tonight0°–10 km/h EBase 11°
Sat-1°10°0.1 mm20 km/h EBase 10 / 21°
Sun2°8°2.5 mm18 km/h EBase 12 / 19°
Mon0°8°3.1 mm8 km/h EBase 11 / 19°
Tue-1°8°2.2 mm6 km/h SEBase 10 / 19°
Wed1°7°14.1 mm8 km/h EBase 12 / 18°
Thu0°5°1.8 mm7 km/h EBase 11 / 16°
Fri3°9°3.2 mm5 km/h SBase 13 / 19°
Sat2°12°1.8 mm6 km/h EBase 13 / 23°
Sun5°14°0.2 mm7 km/h EBase 16 / 24°

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, 23:19 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 11.4 × 11.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

38.6%

Moderate, 15–30°

49.6%

Steep, 30–45°

11.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.1%

Steeper than 30°: 11.8% of the 130 km² view
Relief in view: 1,793 m low point 1,928 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 65.7%Shrubland 24.9%Grassland 6.9%Cropland 2.1%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5.7 km; 433 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Potosi pinyon97
Agave gentryi61
Yellow-eyed Junco47
Douglas-fir40
Castilleja bella39
Pygmy Nuthatch38

Where it sits

Where Cerro El Potosí sits

Nearby

Cerro El Potosí downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGCerro El Potosí satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-16.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,721 m at the summit; the official height is 3,721 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,721 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	3,721 m	-0 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,716 m	-5 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 2026-08-16)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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