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Las Cruces Destination Guide

Explore Las Cruces in Guatemala

Las Cruces in the region of Petén is a town in Guatemala - some 140 mi or ( 225 km ) North of New Guatemala , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Las Cruces

Current time in Las Cruces is now 06:19 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " America/Guatemala " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Belmopan, San Salvador, Yalcachimba, Sayaxche, and Santa Ana. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Belmopan . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Las Cruces ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Sayaxche Survivor, Guatemala

6:15 min by Dragonheartsail
Views: 8279 Rating: 3.67

11 cruising friends take an inland trip to Sayaxche, Guatemala to visit Maya Ruins ..

Cool Guatemalan Bridge/Barge - powered by a 75HP outboard

0:29 min by fulltiltward
Views: 572 Rating: 5.00

www.RediscoverAdventure.com We encountered this amazing bridge on the way from Flores to Copan, Guatemala. Extremely simple and clever engineering to cross a pretty good sized river. ..


Tikal Grand Plaza

1:07 min by maceireann
Views: 49 Rating: 0.00

A visual tour from the top of some temple at Tikal, Guatemala. ..

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Interesting facts about this location

Las Cruces, El Petén

Las Cruces is a municipality in the northern Guatemalan department of El Petén. It is situated at 130 meter above sea level at {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:16|38|10|N|90|11|02|W|type:landmark_region:GT |primary |name=Las Cruces }}. The municipality was founded in 2011 when it split off from the territory of La Libertad.

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Located at 16.64 -90.18 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Petén Department, Populated places in Guatemala

La Corona

La Corona is the name given by archaeologists to an ancient Maya court residence in Guatemala's Petén department that was discovered in 1996, and later identified as the long-sought "Site Q", the source of a long series of unprovenanced limestone reliefs of exceptional artistic quality. The site's Classical name appears to have been Sak-Nikte' ('White-Flower').

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Located at 16.51 -90.38 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Guatemala, Former populated places in Guatemala, Maya sites in Petén Department

La Amelia

La Amelia is a Pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site near Itzan, in the lower Pasión River region of the Petén Department of Guatemala. It formed a polity in the Late Classic (AD 600 to 830), and was involved in the war between Tikal and Calakmul followed, in 650, by the take over of Dos Pilas, leading to centuries of war until this region collapsed around 830, being the first of the Classic sites in this area to be abandoned.

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Located at 16.53 -90.42 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Guatemala, Former populated places in Guatemala, Maya sites in Petén Department, Petén Department

El Rosario National Park

El Rosario National Park is located in El Petén, Guatemala, on the eastern edge of the town of Sayaxché. . The park is named after laguna El Rosario, a small lake within its boundaries, and was formerly a state owned finca managed by the National Forestry Institute (INAB). In 1980 it was declared a national park. The park covers an area of 11.05 km², including El Rosario lake which has a surface area of 4 ha in the dry season, though it is considerably larger during the rainy season.

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Located at 16.53 -90.16 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Tags: National parks of Guatemala, Protected areas established in 1980

Arroyo de Piedra

Arroyo de Piedra is a pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site in Guatemala located approximately 2-3 km east/northeast of Dos Pilas and 3 km west of Tamarindito. The site dates to the middle half of the Classic period. While initially a center of some regional importance, with the rise of Dos Pilas, Arroyo de Piedra was subsumed as a secondary center within the Petexbatun region.

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Located at 16.46 -90.26 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Guatemala, Former populated places in Guatemala, Maya sites in Petén Department, Petén Department