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A map of hiking trails and landmarks along PR-191 in El Yunque National Forest. Hiking is probably the most popular activity in El Yunque National Forest. [36] The forest offers several trails with varying difficulties. [37] The 35.9-mile (57.8 km) long Puerto Rican Northeast Trail also connects to and traverses through El Yunque. [38]
El Yunque or El Yunque Peak (Spanish: Pico El Yunque) (Taíno: Yukiyu [1]) is a mountain located fully within the boundaries of the El Yunque National Forest, part of the U.S. Forest Service, which is the only tropical rainforest under the U.S. Forest Service jurisdiction. It is located in the municipality of Río Grande.
Prestoea montana in the El Yunque National Forest. The Luquillo Experimental Forest (Bosque experimental de Luquillo) is a protected area of tropical rainforest in northeastern Puerto Rico. The experimental forest is located in the Sierra de Luquillo some 50 km (30 mi) east of San Juan, the capital of the island.
The Icacos Petroglyph Group (Spanish: Grupo de Petroglifos de Icacos), also known as the Río Blanco Petroglyphs (Petroglifos de Río Blanco), is an ensemble of indigenous petroglyphs that can be found on four large boulders located at the confluence of the Icacos and Cubuy rivers, within the El Toro Wilderness section of El Yunque National Forest.
The first protected forests in Puerto Rico were designated not for their ecological value but for their industrial timber utility in the form of Spanish Crown Lands under the Inspección de Montes, the equivalent of the Spanish Colonial Forest service. El Yunque, for example, was the first forested area to receive this designation in Puerto ...
El Yunque National Forest Lepanthes eltoroensis grows at six sites of Sierra palm ( Prestoea acuminata var. montana ), palo colorado, and dwarf forest areas within the Luquillo Mountains. [ 5 ] Because the orchid is an epiphyte (living on other plants without parasitizing), L. eltoroensis finds its home on the trunks of several species of trees ...
El Toro peak is the tallest and has a view of the east coast of Puerto Rico - the Naguabo and Humacao towns and the ocean. This peak has less rain and fog compared to El Yunque and is undeveloped. Very few do come around here unlike El Yunque trail. Like most deep forest trails there is little if any cell phone reception and one must be very ...
Pages in category "El Yunque National Forest" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *