Tierra Colorada
Tierra Colorada is a town and seat of the municipality of Juan R. Escudero in the state of Guerrero, southwestern Mexico. Tierra Colorada is located between the state capital Chilpancingo de los Bravo, and the port of Acapulco.
Tierra Colorada is located at an altitude of 292 meters above sea level.
This region was housed in the year 1849 a hacienda, owned by General Juan N. Álvarez who baptized it with the name of “Tierra Colorada”, having as its only reference to be one of the probable first settlers of that locality.
The town was founded in 1854 with the name it currently holds.
Nearby Archaeological sites
Tehuacalco archaeological site
The Tehuacalco archaeological site is on a hill surrounded by mountains, which were worshipped by the Yope.
Four mountains marked the cardinal directions and one (Compuerta) was used to mark solar events such as equinoxes and solstices as the sun rose behind it. Tehuacalco was occupied as a ceremonial site from about 400 CE to about 1100 CE.
Tehuacalco was the first archeological site associated with the Yope people to be excavated, in the 2000s.
The environment of the area is a deciduous tropical forest, whose trees lose most of their leaves during the dry season in the fall and winter.
The Tehuacalco site was opened to the public in 2008.
How to get there & Transportation
From Chipancingo:
- By bus from Chipancingo to Tierra Colorada, 50 minutes (twice a day)
- By taxi from Chipancingo (around 40 min)
From Acapulco:
- By bus from Acapulco to Chilpancingo, 2 hours (buses run every 2 hours).
- By bus from Chipancingo to Tierra Colorada, 50 minutes (twice a day)
- By taxi from Acapulco (around 50 min)
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