List of mountains in Ponce, Puerto Rico

This list of mountains in Ponce, Puerto Rico, consists of both hills, mountains, and similarly named geographic features with a summit in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico.[1][2]

Cerro de Punta, Puerto Rico's tallest mountain, as seen from Museo de Arte de Ponce

Mountain list summary table
No.NameHeightLocationTypeCommentPhoto
1Cerro de Punta1,338 meters (4,390 ft)AnónCerroHighest mountain in Puerto Rico
2Peñón de Ponce[3]101 meters (331 ft)CanasPeñonNext to Barrio Encarnación, Peñuelas;[4] easily visible from PR-2 westbound at the Las Cucharas sector
3Cerro del Vigía139 meters (456 ft)Portugués UrbanoCerroLocation of Cruceta del Vigia and other tourist attractions. Prominently located just north of the city of Ponce[5]
4Cerro Los Negrones121 meters (397 ft)Sabanetas & Machuelo AbajoCerroVisible from PR-52, while traveling through Barrio Sabanetas, between PR-1 and PR-10
5Cerro del Diablo681 meters (2,234 ft)TibesCerro0.5 miles (2,600 ft) east of Hacienda Burenes/PR-503 km 1.9
6Monte Jayuya1,311 meters (4,301 ft)AnónMonteShared with Barrio Veguitas and Barrio Saliente, Municipality of Jayuya
7Cerro Maravilla1,203 meters (3,947 ft)AnónCerroNext to Barrio Saliente, Jayuya
8Cerro Santo Domingo611 meters (2,005 ft)Maraguez & AnónCerro0.75 miles (4,000 ft) NNE of the (easterly) bridge over Rio Cerrillos on PR-139 in Barrio Maraguez
9Cerro Agustinillo581 meters (1,906 ft)RealCerroNext to Barrio Collores, Juana Diaz
10Monte La Mesa531 meters (1,742 ft)AnónMonteNext to Barrio Real, Ponce
11Pico Pinto621 meters (2,037 ft)Machuelo Arriba & MaraguezPico-
12Cerro El Gato252 meters (827 ft)PortuguésCerroNext to Machuelo Arriba[6]
13Monte Marqueño626 meters (2,054 ft)Tibes, Guaraguao, & MagueyesMonteLocated at junction of barrios Tibes, Guaraguao, and Magueyes[7]

See also

References
  1. Maptest. Archived 2010-02-18 at the Wayback Machine Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. General Purpose Population Data, Census 2000. Unidad de Sistemas de Información Geográfica, Área de Tecnología de Información Gubernamental, Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto. Gobierno de Puerto Rico. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  2. Webcensus. Archived 2010-08-12 at the Wayback Machine Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. General Purpose Population Data, Census 2000. Unidad de Sistemas de Información Geográfica, Área de Tecnología de Información Gubernamental, Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto. Gobierno de Puerto Rico. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  3. This name has been in recorded history at least since 2 May 1858 (Socorro Guirón. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. Historia de Ponce desde sus comienzos hasta la segunda decada del siglo XIX. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Gobierno Municipal de Ponce. 1992. page 91.)
  4. Feature Detail Report for: Peñon de Ponce. USGS. Geographic Names Information System. Feature ID: 1613159. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  5. Feature Detail Report for: Cerro El Vigía. USGS. Geographic Names Information System. Feature ID: 1990933. 1 January 2000. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  6. Feature Detail Report for: Cerro El Gato. USGS. Geographic Names Information System. Feature ID: 1609950. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  7. Feature Detail Report for: Monte Marqueno. USGS. Geographic Names Information System. Feature ID: 1611542. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
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