 Eighty percent of the municipality belongs to the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve of Querétaro.The territory is very rugged with altitudes varying from between 1,280 and 3000 masl.The most important elevations include El Cerro del Piñon at 3000 masl, Mesa de Salinas at 2460masl, El Campanario at 2120 masl, La Tembladera at 2080 masl, El Piloncito at 1980 masl, El Cerro de Dios at 1900 masl and El Picacho at 1680masl.