Los Tres Picachos State Forest Spanish: Bosque Estatal de Los Tres Picachos | |
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Geography | |
Location | Ciales and Jayuya |
Elevation | 3,895 feet (1,187 m) |
Area | 2,289 acres (2,357 cda) |
Administration | |
Status | Public, Commonwealth |
Governing body | Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DRNA) |
Website | www |
Ecology | |
WWF Classification | Puerto Rican moist forests |
Los Tres Picachos State Forest (Spanish: Bosque Estatal de Los Tres Picachos) is one of the 20 forests that make up the public forest system of Puerto Rico. The forest is located in the Central Mountain Range or Cordillera Central, along the Los Tres Picachos mountain ridge, one of the island's highest mountains, named after the distinctive three peaks of the highest mountain in the forest. The state forest is located in the municipalities of Jayuya and Ciales.[1]