Cerro La Santa is a 2,962 feet (903 m) high mountain and the highest point in the

Sierra de Cayey Sierra de Cayey is a mountain range in the main island of Puerto Rico. It is located in the southeast section of the island. Its elevations do not exceed 1000 m (3,280 ft.). The Grande de Loíza, which is one of the most important rivers in Puer ...

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. The peak of Cerro La Santa is located in the

Carite State Forest Carite State Forest ( Spanish: ''Bosque Estatal de Carite'') is a state forest and nature reserve located in the Sierra de Cayey mountain range in southeastern Puerto Rico. The forest extends over approximately 6,500 acres and is located in th ...

, at a tri-point shared by the municipalities of

Caguas Caguas (, ) is a city and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Central Mountain Range of Puerto Rico, south of San Juan and Trujillo Alto, west of Gurabo and San Lorenzo, and east of Aguas Buenas, Cidra, and Cayey. Caguas was founded i ...

( San Salvador), Cayey ( Farallón) and

San Lorenzo San Lorenzo is the Italian and Spanish name for Lawrence of Rome, Saint Lawrence, the 3rd-century Christian martyr, and may refer to: Places Argentina * San Lorenzo, Santa Fe * San Lorenzo Department, Chaco * Monte San Lorenzo, a mountain on t ...

( Espino).

Geography

Cerro La Santa is the highest point in the

, a subrange of the

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(Cordillera Central) of Puerto Rico.

Cerro Lucero Cerro is Spanish for "hill" or "mountain". Toponyms ;Bolivia: * Cerro Rico, the "Rich Mountain" containing silver ore near Potosi, Bolivia ;Brazil: *Cerro Branco, a municipality of Rio Grande do Sul *Cerro Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, a municip ...

, also located within the massif, follows close by with an elevation of 2,831 feet (862 m). Although not located at the peak of the mountain, the highest point of the municipalities of

Guayama Guayama (, ), officially the Autonomous Municipality of Guayama ( es, Municipio Autónomo de Guayama) is a city and municipality on the Caribbean coast of Puerto Rico. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 36,614. It is the ...

and Patillas is also found within the Cerro La Santa

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. The summit of Cerro La Santa is located close to PR-184. With the exception of the tall antennas which provide signal to Puerto Rico's principal TV stations such as

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and

WAPA-TV WAPA-TV (channel 4) is a Spanish-language independent television station in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is owned by Hemisphere Media Group, which is 84% owned by InterMedia Partners. WAPA-TV's studios are located on Avenida Luis Vigoreaux in ...

, these mountains are heavily forested by Sierra palm trees (''

Prestoea montana ''Prestoea montana'' (Vernacular English: Sierran palm;Carite State Forest Carite State Forest ( Spanish: ''Bosque Estatal de Carite'') is a state forest and nature reserve located in the Sierra de Cayey mountain range in southeastern Puerto Rico. The forest extends over approximately 6,500 acres and is located in th ...

. The Loíza River (Spanish: ''Río Grande De Loíza'') has its source close to the summit in barrio Espino in San Lorenzo.

Gallery

File:2022cerrolasanta3.jpg, Cerro La Santa from Jaguas, Gurabo. File:2022cerrolasanta2.jpg, View of the antennas at the summit from highway PR-184. File:2022bosquecarite2.jpg, Sierra palm forest near the summit.

References

{{Reflist Mountains of Puerto Rico Caguas, Puerto Rico Cayey, Puerto Rico San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico

Geography

Gallery

See also

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