Why visit Mina
Townapedia lists 6 museums and landmarks, 13 parks and trails, 3 places to eat, 2 places to stay and 26 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Grutas de García, Cerro Tía Chena, Boca de Potrerillos and Petroglifos.
Weather in Mina
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About Mina
Mina is a town and municipality located in the Northwestern part of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León. The population was 6,048 at the 2020 census. Its name honors Spaniard insurgent general Francisco Javier Mina, who fought for the Mexican side in the independence movement from Spain. Located at the northwestern part of the state of Nuevo León.
From the Wikipedia article Mina, Nuevo León (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Things to do26
14 more on the map.
Museums and landmarks6
Boca de Potrerillos
Monument and historic site · 4.3 km
Archaeological site in Mina Municipality, Mexico
Parks, trails and playgrounds13
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Reserva Natural Estatal Sierra El Fraile y San Miguel
Hiking and trails · 12.3 km
1 more on the map.
Restaurants and cafes3
History
The municipality is part of a historical region called Valle de Salinas (Spanish for 'Salinas Valley') which was an administrative area of the New Kingdom of León during the Spanish colonial period. It was founded in 1608 by Canarian captain Bernabé de las Casas along with other Spanish and Canarian's settlers establishing the San Francisco de Cañas settlement (Named for Saint Francis of Assisi and cañas, a Spanish word for "reeds"), as it was established in a place surrounded by water springs and reeds, possibly around the Salinas River (Nuevo León), which courses across the municipality. San Francisco de Cañas was part of the Valle de las Salinas (Spanish for 'Salinas Valley'). The Salinas Valley was one of the fourteen subdivisions of the New Kingdom of León. It comprised the present-day municipalities of Abasolo, El Carmen, Mina, Hidalgo and Salinas Victoria, being the last one the administrative seat of the Salinas Valley. San Francisco de Cañas, often referred as Cañas until it was created as a municipality on May 31, 1851, therefore it was separated from the Salinas Valley administrative region, and was renamed as Mina. In honor of Spanish general Francisco Javier Mina.
From the History section of Mina, Nuevo León on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to stay2
VISTA POTRERO // Hotel, Camping & Events
Motel and hotel · 7.4 km
309 Calle Antiguo Camino A Potrero Chico, Hidalgo
Churches and places of worship2
Shopping3
Gas and EV charging4
Schools, colleges and libraries10
Healthcare2
Map of Mina
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Getting there and nearby towns
Del Norte International Airport (NTR) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 33 km away.
- Hidalgo 8 km east, about 8 min by car
- Ciudad General Escobedo 31 km southeast, about 31 min by car
- San Nicolás de los Garza 37 km southeast, about 37 min by car
- Santa Catarina 37 km south, about 37 min by car
- San Pedro Garza García 40 km south, about 40 min by car
- Monterrey 41 km southeast, about 41 min by car
- Ciudad Apodaca 42 km southeast, about 42 min by car
- Guadalupe 45 km southeast, about 45 min by car
- Santiago 74 km southeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Saltillo 78 km southwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
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Sources and licences
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- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
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- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Templo de la Virgen de Guadalupe en Mina, Jqdavilac, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Centro de Mina, 65100 Mina, N.L., Mexico - panoramio, Tereso Hernández, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Mina, Nuevo León - panoramio, Hari Seldon, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Mina N.L. - panoramio, Tereso Hernández, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Mina N.L. - panoramio - Tereso Hernández (1), Tereso Hernández, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Mina N.L. - panoramio - Tereso Hernández, Tereso Hernández, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Grutas de García, Chris Muenzer, CC BY 2.0
- Tia-chena-desde-sapo, Aldo Dávalos, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Cerro-del-fraile-garcia-nl, Aldo Dávalos, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Epithelantha ilariae 1, Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Echinocereus enneacanthus enneacanthus 9, Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Epithelantha ilariae, Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0
- V - panoramio (1), Hari Seldon, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Coryphantha difficilis 5, Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0
- ISS048-E-68170 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- Coryphantha nickelsiae 5, Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Epithelantha pulchra 9, Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Epithelantha pulchra 2, Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Epithelantha pachyrhiza 1, Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Epithelantha pachyrhiza 9, Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Epithelantha pachyrhiza 2, Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Epithelantha pachyrhiza 3, Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Epithelantha pachyrhiza 4, Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Epithelantha pachyrhiza 6, Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Epithelantha pachyrhiza 5, Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Epithelantha pulchra 8, Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Epithelantha pulchra 7, Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Coryphantha nickelsiae 1, Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Coryphantha nickelsiae 2, Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Cacama variegata, Miguel González Botello, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Epithelantha pulchra 1, Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Epithelantha pulchra, Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Epithelantha pachyrhiza 8, Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Epithelantha pachyrhiza 7, Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0
- ISS065-E-208601 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS065-E-208599 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS066-E-136544 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS066-E-136546 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS065-E-208600 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS066-E-136545 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
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