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.

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The Caribbean National Forest is on Route 191 above the town of Rio Grande and is open from 7:30 a.m.

Brave new world

Historically abundant throughout Puerto Rico and its offshore islands, the parrot is now only found deep within the montane rainforest of the Caribbean National Forest (also known as El Yunque), the only tropical rainforest in the U.S.

From cage to rainforest

Environmentalists hope to include the San Miguel Farm in the Northeast Biodiversity Corridor, a 3,200-acre strip of coastal land that, when combined with the bordering Caribbean National Forest (El Yunque), would become a nature preserve.

ENVIRONMENTALISTS OPPOSE RESORTS

Just a few miles inland is El Yunque, otherwise known as the Caribbean National Forest. Covering 43 sq miles, it includes the impressive Sierra de Luquillo mountain range.

Travel: Wish you were rear; JANE RIDLEY FINDS PUERTO RICAN BOTTOMS LIKE J-LO'S ARE ALL IN THE JEANS

El Yunque Service, Caribbean National Forest, Puerto Rico.

U.S. and Canada: 2004 winter trips

Puerto Rico's 28,000-acre Caribbean National Forest is truly unforgettable.

TRAVEL: Rum fun in the sun; For a slice of island life, Caribbean style, PAUL ENGLISH went to Puerto Rico for pino coladas and rainforest walks

Thomas, and Tortola and to the northwest, the Sierra de Luquillo and the Caribbean National Forest, known as El Yunque.

Young eyes on living treasures: thanks to the Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico, children of all ages are learning to preserve and manage the island's rich natural resources

Puerto Rico is home to the Caribbean National Forest (known locally as "El Junque"), the only tropical rainforest in the U.S.

Travel, lite. (E Word)

The Institute's missions include research, cooperating with conservation organizations and forestry, departments in foreign countries, and assisting the Caribbean National Forest.

Little island of big trees

In 1989, the eye of Hurricane Hugo passed within 10 kilometers of Puerto Rico's Caribbean National Forest, where for 3 years researchers had tracked three species of bats.

Bats hung in after battling hurricanes

national forest system, Puerto Rico's Caribbean National Forest, was devastated by Hurricane Hugo in 1989.

240 inches of rain a year ... yes, it is a rain forest