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]

Mountain list summary table

No.	Name	Height	Location	Type	Comment
1	Cerro de Punta	1,338 meters (4,390 ft)	Anón	Cerro	Highest mountain in Puerto Rico
2	Peñón de Ponce^[3]	101 meters (331 ft)	Canas	Peñon	Next to Barrio Encarnación, Peñuelas;^[4] easily visible from PR-2 westbound at the Las Cucharas sector
3	Cerro del Vigía	139 meters (456 ft)	Portugués Urbano	Cerro	Location of Cruceta del Vigia and other tourist attractions. Prominently located just north of the city of Ponce^[5]
4	Cerro Los Negrones	121 meters (397 ft)	Sabanetas & Machuelo Abajo	Cerro	Visible from PR-52, while traveling through Barrio Sabanetas, between PR-1 and PR-10
5	Cerro del Diablo	681 meters (2,234 ft)	Tibes	Cerro	0.5 miles (2,600 ft) east of Hacienda Burenes/PR-503 km 1.9
6	Monte Jayuya	1,311 meters (4,301 ft)	Anón	Monte	Shared with Barrio Veguitas and Barrio Saliente, Municipality of Jayuya
7	Cerro Maravilla	1,203 meters (3,947 ft)	Anón	Cerro	Next to Barrio Saliente, Jayuya
8	Cerro Santo Domingo	611 meters (2,005 ft)	Maraguez & Anón	Cerro	0.75 miles (4,000 ft) NNE of the (easterly) bridge over Rio Cerrillos on PR-139 in Barrio Maraguez
9	Cerro Agustinillo	581 meters (1,906 ft)	Real	Cerro	Next to Barrio Collores, Juana Diaz
10	Monte La Mesa	531 meters (1,742 ft)	Anón	Monte	Next to Barrio Real, Ponce
11	Pico Pinto	621 meters (2,037 ft)	Machuelo Arriba & Maraguez	Pico	-
12	Cerro El Gato	252 meters (827 ft)	Portugués	Cerro	Next to Machuelo Arriba^[6]
13	Monte Marqueño	626 meters (2,054 ft)	Tibes, Guaraguao, & Magueyes	Monte	Located at junction of barrios Tibes, Guaraguao, and Magueyes^[7]

Gallery

Cerro de Punta as seen from Mercedita Airport
Road PR-143 East, near PR-577 to Cerro Maravilla
Cruceta del Vigia atop Cerro del Vigia

References

^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.)
^ Feature Detail Report for: Peñon de Ponce. USGS. Geographic Names Information System. Feature ID: 1613159. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
^ Feature Detail Report for: Cerro El Vigía. USGS. Geographic Names Information System. Feature ID: 1990933. 1 January 2000. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
^ Feature Detail Report for: Cerro El Gato. USGS. Geographic Names Information System. Feature ID: 1609950. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
^ 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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[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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List of mountains in Ponce, Puerto Rico

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