[1] Cerro de Garnica National Park is located 58 km east of Morelia, in the municipalities of Ciudad Hidalgo and Queréndaro.

Small surface streams drain the park including El Venado, a tributary of the Chinapa River.

[2] 172 birds species of birds have been recorded in the park, including the dusky hummingbird (Phaeoptila sordida), bumblebee hummingbird (Selasphorus heloisa), white-striped woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes leucogaster), pine flycatcher (Empidonax affinis), gray-collared becard (Pachyramphus major), gray-barred wren (Campylorhynchus megalopterus), spotted wren (Campylorhynchus gularis), russet nightingale-thrush (Catharus occidentalis), chestnut-sided shrike-vireo (Vireolanius melitophrys), golden-browed warbler (Basileuterus belli), green-striped brushfinch (Arremon virenticeps), and rusty-crowned ground sparrow (Melozone kieneri).

[2] Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) migrate from the north to establish winter colonies in the area.

[2] President Lázaro Cárdenas established the park by decree on 5 September 1936.