The summit
The city's highest point.
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Pico do Jaraguá is the highest point in the city of São Paulo, at 1,135 metres, and its Tupi name means «lord of the valley». It rises inside Jaraguá State Park, created in 1961 over 492 hectares in the north-west of the city, one of the last remnants of Atlantic Forest in Greater São Paulo, crossed by the Tropic of Capricorn. The park holds the listed house of Afonso Sardinha and the spot where gold mined in the area was washed in colonial times, and Guarani indigenous communities live beside it. From the top, on clear days, the view spreads over the whole city. The best-known trail, the Trilha do Pai Zé, climbs to the summit: 3.6 km there and back, about two and a half hours. You can also drive up the tourist road, but it is reserved for walkers and cyclists until 10:00 on weekdays and until noon at weekends and on holidays. Entry is free, and the park opens Tuesday to Sunday 7:00-16:00.
The city's highest point.
3.6 km return.
A rare remnant.
Jaraguá State Park, north-west São Paulo
Yes, on the tourist road, but only after 10:00 on weekdays and after noon at weekends; before that it is kept for walkers and cyclists.