Map of Mexico

Lake Chapala is a fifty minute drive south of Guadalajara, the 2nd largest city in Mexico and about three and a half hours from the Manzanillo beach.
On the Pacific west coast, Lake Chapala is directly east from Puerto Vallarta - on the above Map of Mexico.
For an interactive Map of the Lake Chapala area and communities (provided with the kind permission of Tony Burton) see Interactive Map of Lake Chapala by Tony Burton.
 
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