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Pan-American Highway
The world's longest motorable road stretching approximately 30,000 kilometers from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to Ushuaia, Argentina.
12 km · about 25 min drive
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Las Cumbres
Panamá, Panama · North America
About Las Cumbres
Las Cumbres works well as a base: 5 minutes from Alcalde Díaz, 12km from Pan-American Highway.
Las Cumbres is in Panamá, Panama, with about 69,000 people. The nearest town is Alcalde Díaz, about 4 km away.
Las Cumbres is a corregimiento in Panamá District, Panamá Province, Panama, with a population of 32,867 as of 2010. Its population as of 1990 was 56,547; its population as of 2000 was 92,519. Neighborhoods in this sector include Villa Campestre, El Lago, Las Cumbrecitas, Las Glorietas, San Andrés, Altavista, El Rocio,Read more
Las Lajas, Gonzalillo, Villa Grecia, and Colonial Las Cumbres.
Las Cumbres is a rural community north of Panama City, developed by businessman Louis Martinz in the 1950s. It is at an average altitude of 1,050 feet (320 m), giving the neighborhood a more temperate, cooler environment. Two lakes were constructed for recreation and selective water supply. The neighborhood evolved with middle-class families, to include many prominent members of Panamanian society such as scientists, doctors, engineers, businesspersons, and politicians. The community has been encroached upon by poverty-stricken neighborhoods, losing some of the charm. The Las Cumbres community still maintains much of its original charm and attractions.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Las Cumbres?
Within an hour or so of Las Cumbres: Pan-American Highway (12 km), Miraflores Locks Visitor Center (12 km), Panama Canal (16 km), Casco Viejo (16 km).
Are there any good drives near Las Cumbres?
The nearest famous roads are Pan-American Highway.
Where is Las Cumbres?
Las Cumbres is in Panamá, Panama, about 4 km from Alcalde Díaz.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 69,102
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- Panama
- Region
- Panamá
- Timezone
- America/Panama
- Coordinates
- 9.0921, -79.5389
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Worth the detour from Las Cumbres
7 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Miraflores Locks Visitor Center
A four-storey viewing terrace directly above the Panama Canal's Pacific locks, where Panamax ships are raised 16 m in two steps a few metres from the rail. Bilingual commentary tracks each transit.
12 km · about 25 min drive
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Panama Canal
One of the greatest engineering feats in history, this 82-kilometer waterway connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through a system of locks.
16 km · about 30 min drive
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Casco Viejo
Panama City's UNESCO-listed historic quarter with crumbling colonial facades, rooftop bars, and views of the glittering modern skyline.
16 km · about 30 min drive
bridge
Bridge of the Americas
The graceful 1962 steel arch carrying the Pan-American Highway over the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, for decades the only fixed link between the Americas.
17 km · about 20 min drive
museum
Biomuseo
Frank Gehry's only building in Latin America: a crumpled cascade of red, blue and yellow roof planes on the Amador Causeway, telling how the isthmus rose and split two oceans while joining two continents.
18 km · about 20 min drive
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Portobelo
A Caribbean bay where Spain's silver fleets once loaded, guarded by ruined coral-stone forts standing right at the roadside, plus the church of the Black Christ, focus of a huge October pilgrimage.
53 km · about 60 min drive
Driving roads near Las Cumbres
- Right herePan-American HighwayThe world's longest motorable road stretching approximately 30,000 kilometers from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to Ushuaia, Argentina.
- 17 kmBridge of the AmericasThe graceful 1962 steel arch carrying the Pan-American Highway over the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, for decades the only fixed link between the Americas.
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Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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