Maps of Nuevo San Pedrito

Village Map

The ejido of San Pedrito hugs the foothills overlooking a valley.  Much of the land is steep hills covered in low forest.  The village is situated just at the beginning of the foothills and thus at the highest point of the arable land.  It lies approximately 500 meters from the main entrance to the ejido just off the road to the east of the ejido.  This road runs from town of Cristobal Obregon approximately 2.5 km away.  A river runs alongside Cristobal Obregon dividing the communities.

The natural spring they have tapped for the new water system is approximately another 500 meters further up in the hills behind the village.  The plans include building a cistern at the spring to capture water and protect the source.  They will run a water line from there down to the top of the village where the water will be collected in a large cistern or reservoir for further distribution.  A second major line will run down into the fields for irrigation.

Road Map to San Pedrito

San Pedrito is approximately two hours by vehicle from Tuxtla Gutierrez.  Click here for a PDF printout.

Satellite View of Area

Satellite views of the area around San Pedrito are available at Google Earth. The satellite views are clear only down to about 20,000 feet, so you it is difficult to pin down and actually see the village.  However, you can clearly see Cristobal Obregon just to the north and Nuevo Mexico just slightly north of that. The surrounding geographical features are unmistakable, particularly the mountain to the east and the hills hugging the north and west of the ejido.

The approximate longitude/latitude coordinates of San Pedrito are 16°25'00"N by 93°27'08"W.  Download Google Earth to your desktop.  Once it is installed simply go to the "Fly To" control in the upper left hand area and type in "Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico" the find field and hit the magnifying glass.  The map will start to take you to Chiapas and center on Tuxtla at 20 miles altitude.  Once it stops, use the direction keys at the bottom of your screen to scroll southwest of Tuxtla until you roughly reach the above coordinates.  You will see the coordinates in the lower left hand of corner of the map.  Once there, use the "+/-" control to zoom in to about 20,000 feet.  You will see the viewing elevation in the lower right hand corner of the map.  Use the cursor (small hand) to center over the above coordinates.  You will see the precise coordinates and elevation of San Pedrito in the lower left hand corner.  You will see the road to the right of the village and Cristobal Obregon just north of that point.

There are 2 towns called Cristobal Obregon. The northernmost one is the one near San Pedrito. Do not type in Cristobal Obregon in the find field, as Google Earth will take you to the larger of these two towns, and thus the not the one you are interested in.