Desierto de los Leones (Desert of the Lions)
National Park is located entirely within the limits of the
Federal District, it stretches between
Cuajimalpa and
Álvaro Obregón boroughs. It is located in the Sierra de las Cruces mountain range west of the city center with an area of 1,867
hectares, representing fifteen percent of the entire Valley of Mexico. The area was used as a retreat for a religious group, thus the name
Desierto (desert) means not "arid place", but not populated. The "Leones" part of the name does not refer to the animals, but rather to the original landlord's lastname.