Map
The lake, mapped
Towns, lancha routes, volcano hikes, and the viewpoints worth waking up for. Toggle the layers you want and click any feature for context. Coordinates come from local research; lancha tracks and a few viewpoints are approximate.
Layers
What each layer shows
- Towns: the 12 lake towns plus Sololá (highland capital, transport hub) and Cerro de Oro (Tz'utujil micro-hamlet, hike landmark). Click for indigenous group and one-line context.
- Lancha routes: North Shore (Pana to San Pedro), South Shore (Pana to Santiago), and Cross-Lake (San Pedro to Santiago). Lines are straight-segment approximations between docks; lanchas do not follow fixed paths on the water.
- Hikes: the 7 cataloged volcano and ridge hikes from the volcanoes-hikes research. Markers sit at the lake-town starting point; actual trailheads are typically 15 to 30 min uphill from town.
- Viewpoints: 4 documented photo spots (Indian Nose, Casa del Mundo, Cerro Tzankujil, Cerro de Oro summit). Coordinates are approximate.
- Restaurants: 185 places enriched via Google Places (Apr 2026). Heavier marker density in Pana, San Pedro, San Juan, San Marcos.
Data caveats
Lancha route lines are approximate. They connect dock points by straight segments for orientation; real boat paths vary with weather, wind, and captain. Photo-spot coordinates are approximate and reflect general area rather than an exact pin. Hike markers sit at the start town, not the actual trailhead. Hotels and tour operators are not yet on the map: those layers are blocked pending Phase 2 and Phase 3 directory scrapes.
- OpenStreetMap contributors (base tiles + town and viewpoint reference)
- Google Places API enrichment scrape, 2026-04-25 (restaurants)
- AtitlanVida towns content collection (town coords + indigenous groups)
- Internal research:
research/tools/map-data.mdandresearch/tools/lancha-schedules.md - AllTrails and Wikiloc (hike reference, GPX tracks pending)