NEVADO DE TOLUCA NATIONAL PARK

park in Mexico estado (state), central Mexico. It is situated in the municipality of Zinacantepec, on the MexicoTolucaGuadalajara highway west of Mexico City. Established in 1936, it has an area of 259 square miles (671 square km). The park lies in the Nevado de Toluca (or Zinantecatl) Mountains, which rise above 15,025 feet (4,580 m). Among the park's chief features are an extinct, snowcapped volcano 10,381 feet (3,164 m) high, in the crater of which are picturesque lagoons that reflect glaciers and clouds. The crater's rim is reached by a road that is said to be the highest in the country. The lower slopes of the mountains are heavily wooded with pine and oyamel.