Sierra Gorda de Querétaro (Highway 120)
147 km (91 miles), 3 hr 25 min, advanced
Photo: Tobiascontreras, CC BY-SA 3.0, resizedMotorcycle ride in San Luis Potosí
Huasteca Potosina: Tamasopo waterfalls via route 70
153 km (95 miles), 3 hr 35 min, intermediate
The toll-free federal route 70, the "libre", links Ciudad Valles to Rioverde, crossing the Sierra Madre Oriental through a long series of bends. A 7 km surfaced turn-off leads to Tamasopo, whose three waterfalls of around twenty metres and nearby paths draw swimmers and walkers, then to Puente de Dios, a pool and cave where the current often makes swimming unwise. The road is busy with lorries, even though the parallel 70D toll motorway takes some of them: stay on the "libre" to enjoy the route. Allow about 100 MXN to enter the waterfalls and 70 MXN at Puente de Dios, choose the November to June season, and slow down for the topes (speed bumps) as you enter villages.
Stops along the way
- SStart: Ciudad Valles
- 1Rancho Nuevo (route 70 libre), after 45 km (28 miles)
- 2Cascades de Tamasopo, after 63 km (39 miles)
- 3Puente de Dios, after 67 km (42 miles)
- 4Entronque Canoas (route 70 libre), after 92 km (57 miles)
- 5Rayón, after 112 km (69 miles)
- FFinish: Rioverde, after 153 km (95 miles)
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