Guilarte State Forest Spanish: Bosque Estatal de Guilarte | |
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Geography | |
Location | Adjuntas, Guayanilla, Peñuelas and Yauco |
Elevation | 3,950 feet (1,200 m) |
Area | 4,965 cuerdas (4,822 acres) |
Administration | |
Status | Public, Commonwealth |
Governing body | Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DRNA) |
Website | www |
Ecology | |
WWF Classification | Puerto 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]