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SAN PEDRO MÁRTIR NATIONAL PARK
After voyaging through a road in which we can observe how all vegetation, climate and fauna change constantly, from a light coastal breeze, a hot valley and a dry desert, to the snow and in pine covered mountaintop of the San Pedro Mártir National Park you'll be able to feel this unique experience in which we can be marveled indeed after observing mountain lions, condors, the famous desert bighorn sheep, coyotes and eagles that inhabit the San Pedro Mártir national park and its more than 160,619 acres of land.
This natural area houses the national astrological observatory of the Universidad Autónoma de Mexico and is home to the rich flora and fauna of the Baja with pine, silver fir, cypress and aspen trees that serve as a paradise for a very large species of animals. The rain and the ice thawing of its mountains nurture the edge of the Baja California streams; it’s valleys –del Diablo, La Providencia and Toledo- refresh many water wells and cascades that are home to many ancient and undiscovered mural paintings.
The San Pedro Mártir national forest mountain peaks –the highest ones in the peninsula- offer the most spectacular views that go from the pacific ocean to the sea of Cortez.
Attractions: |
Here you can go hiking, mountain biking, mountain climbing, go horseback riding and camping among other things. You can observe the flora, the fauna, or contemplate the celestial skies.
A unique experience is to walk to kilometers to El Altar, 2,888m above the sea and view the Pacific ocean and sea of Cortez at the same time.
Picacho del Diablo (Devil’s Peak) is the highest point of all of the peninsula (3,100 meters above the sea level), an ideal point of interest for expert rock climbers and rappelers. We recommend you hire the services of a guide.
Visit the national Astrological observatory. Built in 1967 by the UNAM, this observatory sits in an altitude of 2830 meters above sea level, and has a telescope 2.11 meters in diameter, and is in a very privileged astronomical point of the northern hemisphere.
If you hire a guide you will be able to go on a horseback trail of 2 and a half days and visit the San Pedro Mártir de Verona mision (1794-1824)
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Directions: |
Arriving from Ensenada on the transpeninsular highway number one make the exit on kilometer km 243 ( about 140km from the Ensenada) on the town of San Telmo Abajo, take the dirt road heading east for approximately 78 Kms. Until you get to the entrance of the San Pedro Mártir National Park. |
Activities: |
Flora and Fauna observation, mountain biking, trekking, rappel, rock climbing, camping. |
Location: |
Located approximately in the middle of the state of Baja California, in the San Pedro Mártir Sierra. |
Area: |
160,619 acres (65,000 hectáreas) |
Climate: |
Extreme Mediterranean climate with very warm and dry summers and rainy winter and eventual snows. |
Classification: |
Protected National Park since 1947. |
Vegetation: |
Pine, silver fir, Cyprus, and Aspen tree forest. |
Wildlife: |
Desert bighorn sheep, puma, black tailed deer, mountain lion, royal eagle, owl, coyote, among others. |
For additional information don’t forget to ask for the park map at Parques Nacionales de Baja California, at any Baja California Tourism Secretaria office near you.
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