Nevado de Toluca National Park,park in Mexico estado (“state”)México state, central Mexico. It is situated in the municipality of Zinacantepec, on the Mexico–Toluca–Guadalajara highway west of Mexico City. Established in 1936, it has an area of 259 square miles (671 square km). The park lies in the park’s chief feature is the dormant, snowcapped Nevado de Toluca (or Zinantecatl) Mountains, which rise above 15,025 Volcano, 14,977 feet (4,580 m). Among the park’s chief features are an extinct, snowcapped volcano 10,381 feet (3,164 m) 565 metres) high, in the crater of which are two picturesque lagoons lakes that reflect glaciers and clouds. The crater’s rim is can be reached by a road that is said to be the highest in the country. The lower slopes of the mountains are heavily wooded with pine and oyamelfir trees.