Aguirre State Forest

#20 among destinations in Puerto Rico

Nature, Natural attraction, Forest

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The Aguirre State Forest is a 2,393-acre nature reserve on the south coast of Puerto Rico and one of the commonwealth's 20 state forests. It mainly consists of mangroves and floodplain forests, and it borders the Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. The Aguirre State Forest is owned and administered by Puerto Rico. It was established in 1918 by Puerto Rico governor Arthur Yager to protect the mangrove forests areas between the municipalities of Guayama and Santa Isabel. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 17°56'35"N, 66°10'8"W

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GuayamaPuerto Rico

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Aguirre State Forest – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Iglesia de San Antonio de Padua, Casa Cautiño, Bahía de Jobos, Ingenio Azucarero Vives.

4.7 miNE
Church
Iglesia de San Antonio de Padua, Guayama
120 min walk • The Iglesia Parroquial de San Antonio de Padua is a historic, Roman Catholic parish church in Guayama, Puerto Rico. The parish was erected in 1736 and the first church building completed no later than 1775. The original appearance of the building is unknown, but some of the eighteenth century walls may survive in the present structure.
4.7 miNE
Architecture, Fountain, History museum
Casa Cautiño, Guayama
120 min walk • Casa Cautiño is a house museum in Guayama, Puerto Rico. The museum collection, administered by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, include works of art, wood carvings, sculptures and furniture built by Puerto Rican cabinetmakers for the Cautiño family. It's listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
3.7 miW
Park
Bahía de Jobos, Aguirre
94 min walk • Bahía de Jobos or Reserva Natural de Investigación Estuarina de Bahía de Jobos is a federally protected estuary in Aguirre, Puerto Rico. The bay is an intertidal tropical ecosystem dominated by seagrass beds, coral reefs, and mangroves.
4.2 miNE
Ruins
Ingenio Azucarero Vives, Guayama
107 min walk • The Ingenio Azucarero Vives, also known as Hacienda Vives, is a historic sugar mill complex with ruins of windmill and a processing building, in Barrio Machete of Guayama, in southern Puerto Rico. Sugarcane was ground by the windmill and the extracted juice was further processed in the processing building, by slaves.
5.4 miNE
Bridge
Cayey Bridge, Guayama
138 min walk • The Cayey Bridge, also known as Puente de Cayey, is an iron lateral lattice girder bridge in Puerto Rico that was built in 1891. It brings Puerto Rico Highway 15 over the Guamaní River.

Aguirre State Forest

Facts and practical information

Aguirre State Forest – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Iglesia de San Antonio de Padua, Guayama

Casa Cautiño, Guayama

Bahía de Jobos, Aguirre

Ingenio Azucarero Vives, Guayama

Cayey Bridge, Guayama