The municipality of Vista Hermosa is located at an elevation between 1,600 and 1,700 metres (5,200–5,600 ft) in the Bajío region in northwestern Michoacán.

It borders the Michoacanese municipalities of Tanhuato to the east, Ixtlán to the southeast, Pajacuarán to the southwest, and Briseñas to the west.

[5] Additionally, the Lerma River forms the border between Vista Hermosa and the Jaliscan municipality of La Barca to the north.

[8] The municipal government of Vista Hermosa comprises a president, a councillor (Spanish: síndico), and seven trustees (regidores), four elected by relative majority and three by proportional representation.

[3] INEGI lists 16 localities in the municipality,[1] of which two are classified as urban: Agriculture is the main economic activity in Vista Hermosa.