San Pablo Etla, like all the communities abutting the mountains around Oaxaca city, lays claim to communal land rising from the town up the neighboring hillsides. In recent years (2008-2012) various people in the village have worked together to create a park on these shared lands. Volunteers have built a visitor’s center with parking lot, observation deck and zip line, along with several miles of hiking and biking trails in the park.
The map below shows a route from Oaxaca and San Felipe del Agua to this new park in San Pablo.