San Patricio State Forest

18°24′33″N 66°05′35″W / 18.40922°N 66.09307°W / 18.40922; -66.09307

San Patricio State Forest Spanish: Bosque Estatal de San Patricio Bosque Urbano de San Patricio
Aerial view of the forest. Photo by Carlos D. Orduña Zequeira of the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2003.
Geography
Location	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Elevation	164 feet (50 m)
Area	70 cuerdas (68 acres)
Administration
Governing body	Puerto Rico DRNA
Website	www.bosquesanpatricio.org
Ecology
Ecosystem(s)	Second-growth Subtropical Moist Zone forest
WWF Classification	Puerto Rican moist forests

San Patricio State Forest (Spanish: Bosque Estatal de San Patricio), also known as the San Patricio Urban Forest (Spanish: Bosque Urbano de San Patricio) is one of the 20 forests that make up the public forest system of Puerto Rico. This is a secondary or second-growth forest is located in the Gobernador Piñero district of San Juan, between the neighborhoods of Villa Borinquen, Caparra Heights and Borinquen Towers complex. The urban forest has entrances on Roosevelt Avenue and Ensenada Street. The forest extends to almost 70 acres and it is the smallest protected area in the Puerto Rico state forest system. One of the most distinctive features of the forest is the mogote on its northern edge which can be observed from many parts of San Juan and Guaynabo.^[1] The forest is part of the Northern Karst.