Guilarte State Forest

Guilarte State Forest
Spanish: Bosque Estatal de Guilarte
Main visitors' entrance to the forest.
Geography
LocationAdjuntas, Guayanilla, Peñuelas and Yauco
Elevation3,950 feet (1,200 m)
Area4,965 cuerdas (4,822 acres)
Administration
StatusPublic, Commonwealth
Governing bodyPuerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DRNA)
Websitewww.drna.gobierno.pr
Ecology
WWF ClassificationPuerto Rican moist forests

Guilarte State Forest (Spanish: Bosque Estatal de Guilarte) is one of the 20 forests that make up the public forests system in Puerto Rico. The forest is located in the eastern half of the Central Mountain Range or Cordillera Central. The main geographical feature of the forest reserve is Monte Guilarte, which is Puerto Rico's 7th highest mountain at 3,950 feet (1,204 m) above sea level. While Monte Guilarte is located in the municipality of Adjuntas, the forest's borders also include parts of Guayanilla, Peñuelas and Yauco.[1]

  1. ^ "Bosque Estatal de Guilarte" (PDF). Hojas de Nuestro Ambiente. Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales. December 2008.