Caribbean National Forest

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Caribbean National Forest (El Yunque)

Parks Directory of the United States / National Forests

Address: HC 01 Box 13490
Rio Grande, PR 00745
Phone: 787-888-1810;
Fax: 787-888-5685;
Web: www.fs.fed.us/r8/caribbean
Size: 28,000 acres.
Location: 25 miles northeast of the San Juan metropolitan area, in the Sierra de Luquillo Mountains. Accessible by PR 3, 191, and 186.
Facilities: Visitor center with theater and gift shop, picnic sites, trails (24 miles), observation towers.
Activities: Primitive camping, fishing, hiking, bird watching.
Special Features: Only tropical forest in the U.S. National Forest System. Contains 23 tree species found nowhere else. Provides habitat for rare wildlife including the Puerto Rican parrot, found only on this part of the island. Three of the forest's rivers have been designated as Wild & Scenic: Río La Mina, Río Mameyes, and Río Icacos.

See other parks in Puerto Rico.

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