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www .rincon .org. Rincón ( Spanish pronunciation: [riŋˈkon]) is a popular beach town and municipality of Puerto Rico founded in 1771 by Don Luis de Añasco, who previously founded Añasco in 1733. It is located in the Western Coastal Valley, west of Añasco and Aguada. Rincón is spread over 9 barrios and Rincón Pueblo (the downtown area ...
PR-4413. → PR-5139. Puerto Rico Highway 413 ( PR-413) is a rural road located at the west point of Rincón, Puerto Rico, and is famous in the island for being the main access to beaches near Tres Palmas and the Rincón Lighthouse, where local and international surfing tournaments take place. It is named the Road to Happiness.
Isla de Mona. / 18.08667°N 67.88944°W / 18.08667; -67.88944. Mona ( Spanish: Isla de Mona) is the third-largest island of the Puerto Rican archipelago, after the main island of Puerto Rico and Vieques. It is the largest of three islands in the Mona Passage, a strait between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, the others being ...
Desecheo Island. / 18.38722°N 67.47194°W / 18.38722; -67.47194. Desecheo (Spanish: Isla Desecheo) ( Spanish pronunciation: [deseˈtʃeo]) is a small uninhabited island of the archipelago of Puerto Rico in the northeast of the Mona Passage; 13 mi (21 km) from Rincón on the west coast ( Punta Higüero) of the main island of Puerto Rico ...
3,796. • Density. 1,482.8/sq mi (572.5/km 2) Source: 2010 Census. Time zone. UTC−4 ( AST) Pueblo barrio is a barrio in the municipality of Rincón, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,796. There is also the administrative center and seat called Rincón barrio-pueblo in this municipality, with a smaller population.
Punta Higuero Light. Punta Higuero Lighthouse, also known as Faro de Punta Higuero, is an historic lighthouse located in Rincón, Puerto Rico. The original building was built in 1892 by the Spanish government and was rebuilt in 1922 by the United States Coast Guard. [3]
Rincón Bay. Coordinates: 17°57′25″N 66°20′00″W. View of the bay from route PR-1. Rincón Bay ( Spanish: Bahía de Rincón) is the widest bay in the southern coast of Puerto Rico, [1] located along the coasts of the municipalities of Salinas and Santa Isabel. [2] The bay receives the flow of many rivers and creeks such as the Cayures ...
Vieques. v. t. e. The Parque Nacional de las Cavernas del Río Camuy (English: Camuy River Cave National Park) is a cave system in Puerto Rico. It is located between the municipalities of Camuy, Hatillo, and Lares in northwestern Puerto Rico, but the main entrance to the park is located in Quebrada, Camuy. [1] [2] The caverns are part of a ...