Picacho del Diablo/Cerro de la Encantada

There are many points from federal highway MX-5 in which the mountain can be seen, but for the most part, the San Felipe mountains block the view of the peak. I used Google maps to find a section of the highway in which the peak was visible and that was simple as it can be seen in the map on the right side. For about 20 kilometers one can see the peak clearly. The lower San Felipe mountains still cover the lower part of the peak.

The peak can be more impressively be seen after crossing the San Matias Pass via the MX-3 Federal Highway. After one crosses the limits of the Sierra de Juarez, the peak is easily seen to the south of the highway for about 30 kilometers, before the highway turns from the east to the northeast. This is my favorite view (from the road) of the peak - i.e., until the Google Maps car goes to the new highway that leads directly to the National observatory.

Fine, one can see the peak from the desert area, but how about from the Pacific side of the range (MX-1)? No, one cannot see the peak from the road since the coast ranges block the view of the peak on its enterity. To see the peak from a point close to the Pacific, one has to climb one of the mountains nearby MX-1 around the San Telmo area.

I wondered if it could be possible to see the peak from MX-3 before the San Matias pass, i.e., in the Valle de la Trinidad area or nearby. I could not see the peak using Google maps street view while positioning the G-maps man icon in any point of MX-3 in that valley, so I assumed that the Picacho was out of sight from the road, but I was still determined to find a point where I could visualize the peak from the road. My new approach was to use Google Earth starting from the peak itself and then projecting northwards to a point in MX-3 in which the peak was still visible.