SITUATION

Helechosa de los Montes

ACCESS

The route starts from Los Cerrillos, a complex of tourist apartments on the banks of the Cíjara Reservoir.

ROUTE CHARACTERISTICS

Walking; length 9.72 km; duration of walking 2 h, 26 min; low difficulty .   Elevation 196 m. Circular route.

Coordinates: 39 ° 19'18.1 "N 4 ° 54'06.4" W

VALUES

  • Spectacular rocky outcrops and zones of riparian vegetation. Willows, ash, poplar, gall oaks, cork oaks, strawberry trees, mastics, white heather and Mediterranean buckthorn. Shrubs: Dogwood, rockrose, mastic, rosemary, heather and flax-leaved daphne.
  • Fauna: Deer, roe deer. Birds: Golden Eagle, Black Vulture, Griffon Vulture, Black Stork, Iberian Magpie, Song Thrushes, Wood Pigeons, Greenfinch and Warblers.

INFRASTRUCTURES 

Helechosa natural pool, in the lower area of the valley of the Huertos stream.