Cerro de las Mitras

The Cerro de las Mitras (Spanish for “Miters' Hill”), is a mountain and a protected area[1] in the Monterrey, San Pedro Garza García, Santa Catarina and García municipalities; state of Nuevo León, Mexico.

The mountain is part of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the summit reaches 2,058 MASL,[2] and has 1,303 meters of prominence,[3] the topographic isolation is about 14.48 km.

The ridge is about 21 km long stretching east to west.

[4] The Cerro de las Mitras is a popular hiking destination despite its difficulty.

Several quarries dedicated to the extraction of limestone to produce concrete operate in the mountain despite its protected area designation.