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Torre de Los Picachos, Puerto Rico

Prominence: 18 m, 58 ft

Elevation: 968 meters, 3175 feet

True Isolation: 0.33 km, 0.2 mi

Peak Type	Sub-Peak, subsidiary to
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	18° 18' 33'' N, 65° 47' 13'' W 18.309227, -65.786998 (Dec Deg) 205386 E 2026650 N, Zone 20 (UTM)
Country	Puerto Rico
State/Province	Río Grande
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Torre de Los Picachos": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites El Yunque at SummitPost.org Los Picachos at ListsOfJohn.com
Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 19 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 17) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 2010-12-06 by William Musser 2019-12-24 by Corey Lindemann
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USGS map available since is in US National Forest. US Forest service reports peak at 3,175 feet above sea level and on the trail signs within the park. USGS map shows simply as greater than 3,150. I am going with the National Forest elevation on signs in park since there were Bench Marks visible in park and it appears they have been surveying in there. Trail bypasses the westernmost knob and climbs up to eastern most knob. Estimated low point in the ridge trail from maps available and from actually hiking the trail and estimating rise - is a saddle before the climbing out on the ridge at around elevation 3,115. Despite the minor prominence (because the ridge connection to El Yunque to the west), the actual feel of prominence is spectacular on this feature as the other 3 sides are very vertical drops in all directions and a popular sub peak to climb in the park.The main trail to El Yunque has several overlooks to Los Picachos where you can see what an impressive vertical form it is in the rain forest.

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Prominence	Key Col Page (Detailed prominence information) Clean Prominence: 18 m/58 ft Optimistic Prominence: 28 m/90 ft Line Parent: Pico El Yunque Key Col: 950 m/3117 ft
Isolation	Isolation Page (Detailed isolation information) Distance: 0.33 km/0.2 mi Isolation Limit Point: 18.31, -65.79 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Pico El Yunque (WNW)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Caribbean Area Range3: Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands
Drainage Basins	Atlantic-West Indies Atlantic Ocean
Island	Puerto Rico
Ownership	Land: El Bosque Nacional del Yunque
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map This peak was submitted to the Peakbagger.com database by William Musser.

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