Location, Size and Elevation
LOCATION and SIZE:
ELEVATION:
- El Toro 1,075 meters
(Harris 4)
- Latitude: 17.97 degress North to 18.47 degrees North
- Longitude: 65.91 degrees West to 67.16 degrees West
- Northeast corner of Puerto Rico in the Luquillo Mountains
- 25 miles east of San Juan
- Size: 28,000 acres
ELEVATION:
- El Yunque Forest rises from the coast to over 1,000 meters above sea level.
- El Toro 1,075 meters
(Harris 4)
Elevation and Rivers of the Luquillo Experimental Forest
EL TORO WILDERNESS
- In 2005, Congress designated the El Toro Wilderness (10,000 acres) named after the higest peak in the Forest
- This is the only tropical wilderness in the United States Forest System