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Puerto Ferro Lighthouse
18° 5.8′ N · 65° 25.4′ W
A sealed, neoclassical Spanish lighthouse of 1896 on the headland of Puerto Ferro, inside the wildlife refuge, with a short trail to a small beach.
Practical
Coordinates from Wikipedia. The light was deactivated in 1926; it is now in the Vieques National Wildlife Refuge. The Puerto Ferro Trail (0.29 mile, easy) starts from the second parking lot on the Puerto Ferro peninsula and leads to the lighthouse, with a side path to Puerto Ferro Beach (USFWS). Puerto Ferro bay itself is a boat harbor: Coast Pilot 5 gives 6 to 8 ft in the 250-yard entrance and 7 to 15 ft inside, with a sunken rock about 0.5 mile inside the entrance at 18°06'21"N, 65°25'30"W.
Best for
A short history walk inside the refuge
Nearby
- Puerto Ferro Anchorage (Vieques)0.4 NM away
- Playuela and Cerro Playuela trails0.6 NM away
- Red Beach (Playa Caracas)1 NM away
- Playa Navío (Vieques)1.2 NM away
- Mosquito Bay Bioluminescent Bay1.3 NM away
- Playa Media Luna (Vieques)1.6 NM away
- Vieques National Wildlife Refuge1.7 NM away
- Bahía de la Chiva Anchorage (Vieques)2 NM away