Tapalpa Road

Located in the Mexican state of Jalisco, the Road to Tapalpa (Jalisco state route 436) is a scenic paved mountain road climbing up to Tapalpa town at 2.060m (6,758ft) above the sea level.

Carretera a Tapalpa

The road departs at Libre Mexico 54 (or Jalisco state route 417) at an elevation of 1350 masl and goes up to the mountain in a maximum height of 2250 mals. It’s a pretty steep section, with an elevation gain of 900 meters in just 22 kilometers, with steep grades inclination and some sharp curves. Road to Tapalpa offers stunning views of the Sayula lagoon and valley, such as different biomes in a such small segment. Grasslands/desert to the bottom, oak/semi tropical forest and pine forest until the end, in Tapalpa town.
Road suggested by: Eblem Torres