Cerro del Diablo

{{Short description|Foothill in Ponce, Puerto Rico, United States}}

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{{Infobox mountain

| name = Cerro del Diablo

| photo = File:Cerro del Diablo, Bo. Tibes, Ponce, Puerto Rico, visto desde la PR-10, mirando al este (DSC01738).jpg

| photo_caption = Cerro del Diablo as seen from PR-10, looking east

| elevation_ft = 2234

| elevation_ref = {{cite web | url = https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:0::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:1609909,Cerro%20del%20Diablo| title = Feature Detail Report for: Cerro el Diablo | publisher = U.S. Geological Survey | date = 13 February 1981 | access-date = 26 November 2019}}

| prominence_ft = 2234

| prominence_ref = {{cite web | url = https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:0::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:1990933,Cerro%20el%20Vigia| title = Feature Detail Report for: Cerro el Vigia | publisher = U.S. Geological Survey | date = 1 January 2000 | access-date = 20 January 2019}}

| range = Cordillera Central

| listing = 1609909

| location = Ponce, Puerto Rico

| map = USA Puerto Rico

| map_caption = Location in Puerto Rico

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| coordinates = {{Coord|18|06|12|N|66|38|05|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis|id=1609909|name=Cerro del Diablo|accessdate=26 November 2019}}

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| easiest_route = PR-10 to PR-503, Ponce, Puerto Rico

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Cerro del Diablo (Spanish for devil's peak) is a mountain in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico, located north-northwest of the city of Ponce. The 2,234-foot high hill sits at the foothills of the Cordillera Central and is located in Barrio Tibes.[http://www.gis.otg.gobierno.pr/webcensus/ Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Office of Management and Budgeting. Government Information and Technology Area. Geographic Information Systems Unit. General Purpose Population Data, Census 2000.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812171159/http://www.gis.otg.gobierno.pr/webcensus/ |date=2010-08-12 }} Retrieved 21 March 2010.[http://www.trails.com/topo.aspx?panerror=true&z=19&e=759173.152588761&n=1993318.14420084&s=50&size=s&style=drgsr Ponce Topographic Map. Map Styles: Map and Shaded. Trails.com. From: United States Geological Survey. Topo Map. Projection: NAD83/WGS84.] Retrieved 22 February 2010.[http://www.mountainzone.com/mountains/list-mountains.asp?cid=177145 Mountainzone.com: Ponce County, Puerto Rico, Mountain Peaks & Summits.]

Location and geology

The hill is part of the Cordillera Central and is located north-northwest of Ponce in Barrio Tibes.Nueva Geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica y social. Rafael Pico. 1975. It is located at coordinates 18° 06' 12", -66° 38' 05". Rio Portugues borders the mountain to the west.

Best view and road access

The best road for access to the top of the hill is PR-503.

References

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Category:Mountains in Ponce, Puerto Rico