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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.
9 km · about 15 min drive
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San Miguelito
Panamá, Panama · North America
About San Miguelito
San Miguelito works well as a base: 5 minutes from Río Abajo, 9km from Pan-American Highway.
San Miguelito is in Panamá, Panama, with about 320,000 people. The nearest town is Río Abajo, about 4 km away.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near San Miguelito?
Within an hour or so of San Miguelito: Pan-American Highway (9 km), Casco Viejo (13 km), Miraflores Locks Visitor Center (15 km), Biomuseo (15 km).
Are there any good drives near San Miguelito?
The nearest famous roads are Pan-American Highway.
Where is San Miguelito?
San Miguelito is in Panamá, Panama, about 4 km from Río Abajo.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 321,501
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- Panama
- Region
- Panamá
- Timezone
- America/Panama
- Coordinates
- 9.0503, -79.4707
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Worth the detour from San Miguelito
7 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Casco Viejo
Panama City's UNESCO-listed historic quarter with crumbling colonial facades, rooftop bars, and views of the glittering modern skyline.
13 km · about 25 min drive
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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.
15 km · about 25 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.
15 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.
16 km · about 30 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.
23 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
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.
60 km · about 70 min drive
Driving roads near San Miguelito
- Right herePan-American HighwayThe world's longest motorable road stretching approximately 30,000 kilometers from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to Ushuaia, Argentina.
- 16 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.
When to drive here
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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