El Toro (

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for '' the bull'') is 3,526 feet (1,075 m) high and is the highest peak in the

Sierra de Luquillo The Sierra de Luquillo is a mountain range located in the northeastern part of Puerto Rico. Also known as the Luquillo Mountains, these are steep-sided, densely-forested mountains rising to elevations of around , the highest point being the summit ...

mountains in eastern

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. 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

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in the region such as Cubuy and Gurabo. It gives its name to

El Toro Wilderness El Toro Wilderness ( es, Selva El Toro) is a federally designated National Wilderness Preservation System unit located within El Yunque National Forest (formerly known as the Caribbean National Forest) on the Sierra de Luquillo in eastern Puerto ...

, which was established in the 1930s to protect the area and designated a

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in 2005. It is the only tropical wilderness in the U.S.

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(NFS). Despite being located in one of the most remote areas of

El Yunque National Forest El Yunque National Forest ( es, Bosque Nacional El Yunque), formerly known as the Caribbean National Forest (or ''Bosque Nacional del Caribe''), is a forest located in northeastern Puerto Rico. It is the only tropical rainforest in the United Sta ...

, this summit can be accessed from a trail from Cubuy in the municipality of Canóvanas.

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