Los_Barriles,_Baja_California_Sur
Los Barriles
Place in Baja California Sur, Mexico
Los Barriles ("The Barrels") is a town in La Paz Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico.[1] As 2020, the town had a population of 1,674 people.[2]
It is situated along Highway 1, 40 miles (64 km) north of San José del Cabo and 65 miles (105 km) south of La Paz. Punta Pescadero Airstrip is 9 miles (14 km) to the north; Rancho Leonero, a vacation resort, is to the south. Adjacent to Buenavista, the rural towns straddle the head of Bahía las Palmas on the Gulf of California,[3] where winter westerlies average 20–25 knots (37–46 km/h; 23–29 mph). Los Barriles is within the transition area of the Baja California peninsula's Sierra de la Laguna where the hills become sandy flats.[4]
Known for its flyfishing,[5] Los Barriles is also Baja's kitesurfing and windsurfing capital.[6] The town's port was closed on 2 September during the 2013 Pacific hurricane season's Tropical Storm Lorena. In 2006, the Shakespeare Theatre Association's annual conference was held in Los Barriles.[7]