El Toro (Sierra de Luquillo)

El Toro (Spanish for the bull) is 3,526 feet (1,075 m) high and is the highest peak in the Sierra de Luquillo mountains in eastern Puerto Rico.^[1]

El Toro
View of El Toro peak from Peña Pobre in Naguabo, Puerto Rico
Highest point
Elevation	3,526 ft (1,075 m)
Prominence	988 ft (301 m)
Parent peak	Cerro de Punta
Naming
Etymology	"the bull" in Spanish
Geography
Location	Las Piedras, Puerto Rico and Río Grande, Puerto Rico
Parent range	Sierra de Luquillo
Climbing
Easiest route	hike

The peak is located in the boundaries of barrios El Río, Las Piedras and Guzmán Arriba, Río Grande on a massif that is the source of various important rivers in the region such as Cubuy and Gurabo. It gives its name to El Toro Wilderness, which was established in the 1930s to protect the area and designated a Wilderness Area in 2005. It is the only tropical wilderness in the U.S. National Forest System (NFS).^[2]

Despite being located in one of the most remote areas of El Yunque National Forest, this summit can be accessed from a trail from Cubuy in the municipality of Canóvanas.^[3]

Gallery

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  El Toro from Yokahu Tower in El Yunque
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  El Toro from PR-30 in Juncos
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  El Toro from Río Blanco, Naguabo