Rincón Lighthouse

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The Rincón Light­house at Pun­ta Higueros is one of the most beau­ti­ful and well kept light­hous­es built by the Span­ish gov­ern­ment in Puer­to Rico.  The orig­i­nal struc­ture was built dur­ing colo­nial times in 1892 but it was lost to a Tsuna­mi trig­gered by the earth­quake that struck the west coast of Puer­to Rico on Octo­ber 11, 1918.

The present Rincón light­house was rebuilt by the U.S. Gov­ern­ment and it’s instru­men­tal in guid­ing ships through the dan­ger­ous waters of the Mona Pas­sage where the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea come together.

The area sur­round­ing the light­house is beau­ti­ful­ly main­tained, offers excel­lent park­ing facil­i­ties and is pep­pered with gaze­bos where you can spend a while, have lunch and enjoy the  beau­ti­ful view of the Island’s west coast, includ­ing Rincón Beach, which has become quite pop­u­lar among surf­ing crowd around the world.  From here you can also see the small island of Desecheo, and on a clear day you can even see Mona in the far distance.

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