Cerro del Topo Chico

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Cerro del Topo Chico

Cerro del Topo Chico
Elevation  ?
Location Nuevo León, Mexico
Easiest route hike
Translation Small Mole Hill (Spanish)

Cerro del Topo Chico (literal English: Small Mole Hill) is found west to the city of San Nicolás de los Garza and the northern limits of Monterrey, both cities found in the mexican state of Nuevo León.

It is unnoficially said to be an inactive volcano.

The gray areas depicted on the photos are craters from which raw material is extracted to manufacture concrete.

Some other known mountains or elevations of the zone are: the Cerro de la Silla, Cerro de las Mitras, the Sierra Madre Oriental -the "m" figure visible from various parts of the city-, Cerro del Obispado, Cerro de la Loma Larga and La Huasteca.


The south face of the Cerro del Topo Chico, as seen from the Cerro del Obispado.
The south face of the Cerro del Topo Chico, as seen from the Cerro del Obispado.
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