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Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
El castillo de los niños, en Adjuntas Puerto Rico.
In need of and built a foot bridge to access their home
Photo by No machine-readable author provided. Jose Oquendo assumed (based on copyright claims).
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Adjuntas

Adjuntas, Puerto Rico · North America

About Adjuntas

Adjuntas is worth a stop: 20 minutes from Santo Domingo, 14km from Ruta Panorámica.

Adjuntas is in Puerto Rico, with about 5,100 people. The nearest town is Santo Domingo, about 12 km away.

Adjuntas (Spanish pronunciation: [aðˈxuntas]) is a small mountainside town and municipality in Puerto Rico located in the central midwestern portion of the island on the Cordillera Central, north of Yauco, Guayanilla, and Peñuelas; southeast of Utuado; east of Lares and Yauco; and northwest of Ponce. Adjuntas is

Read more spread over 16 barrios and Adjuntas Pueblo (the downtown area and the administrative center of the city). Adjuntas is about two hours by car westward from the capital, San Juan. Adjuntas is nicknamed "the Switzerland of Puerto Rico" because of its relatively chilly weather. Many Puerto Rican mountain towns have cooler weather than the rest of the island; Adjuntas is no exception: the average yearly weather is 70 °F (21 °C) (High: 83 °F/28 °C; Low: 58 °F/14 °C). Puerto Rico's lowest temperature were recorded in Adjuntas at 38 °F in 2018. Its mild climate attracts a good number of island tourists during the summer months. The town has a small hotel named Monte Rio and a good-sized parador, or country inn, called Villa Sotomayor. Adjuntas' ZIP Code, 00601, is the lowest standard ZIP code in the United States ZIP code system.

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What is there to see near Adjuntas?

Within an hour or so of Adjuntas: Ruta Panorámica (14 km), Cueva Ventana (23 km), Guajataca Tunnel (44 km), Faro Los Morrillos de Cabo Rojo (56 km).

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The nearest famous roads are Ruta Panorámica.

Where is Adjuntas?

Adjuntas is in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, about 12 km from Santo Domingo.

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Quick Information

Population
5,080
Continent
North America
Country
Puerto Rico
Region
Adjuntas
Timezone
America/Puerto_Rico
Coordinates
18.1627, -66.7221

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Worth the detour from Adjuntas

4 notable places within an hour's drive.

famous road

Ruta Panorámica

A 269 km chain of about 40 narrow secondary roads running the length of Puerto Rico's Cordillera Central from Mayagüez to Maunabo, built in the early 1970s purely for the mountain views and lechoneras along it.

14 km · about 25 min drive

photogenic

Cueva Ventana

A limestone cave in Arecibo whose far opening frames the Río Grande de Arecibo valley like a window: a short guided walk from the road to one of Puerto Rico's most photographed viewpoints.

23 km · about 25 min drive

tunnel

Guajataca Tunnel

A 1904 railroad tunnel cut through the coastal cliff between Isabela and Quebradillas, now a walkable public monument opening onto a wild Atlantic cove and the mouth of the Guajataca canyon.

44 km · about 50 min drive

photogenic

Faro Los Morrillos de Cabo Rojo

A lighthouse on white limestone cliffs dropping over 200 ft into the Mona Passage at Puerto Rico's southwest tip, surrounded by pink salt flats and reached by a flat walk from the parking area.

56 km · about 65 min drive

Driving roads near Adjuntas

  • Right hereRuta PanorámicaA 269 km chain of about 40 narrow secondary roads running the length of Puerto Rico's Cordillera Central from Mayagüez to Maunabo, built in the early 1970s purely for the mountain views and lechoneras along it.
  • 44 kmGuajataca TunnelA 1904 railroad tunnel cut through the coastal cliff between Isabela and Quebradillas, now a walkable public monument opening onto a wild Atlantic cove and the mouth of the Guajataca canyon.

When to drive here

Year-round

Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.

Nearby Destinations

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