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Cluster · San Juan

El Morro and the Esplanade

First-thing cluster: the sea fort, the lawn and the cemetery on the point; open, windy and shadeless, so go at opening.

Not field-verified

28″ bags

forbidden

Time budget

half

Rescue coverage

92% ≤7′

max p90 7′

Places

1

Rules in force · 6Old San Juan's blue cobblestones are slippery when wet an…
  • Puerto Rico ↗Entry follows US rules: international visitors need a US visa or ESTA as for the mainland, and US citizens need no passport from the mainland.
  • Puerto Rico ↗Road distances are signed in kilometres but speed limits are in miles per hour; fuel is sold by the litre.
  • Puerto Rico ↗Ferries to Vieques and Culebra sell out and are often disrupted: book ahead and have a small-plane backup.
  • San Juan area ↗Hurricane season runs June to November: keep flights and hotels flexible and follow official advice.
  • San Juan ↗Old San Juan's blue cobblestones are slippery when wet and heavy for bags: rolling suitcases go from the car to the door, never on a walk.
  • San Juan ↗Hurricane season runs June to November, peaking August to October: check the National Hurricane Center outlook, keep flights flexible, and follow official advice.
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Walking weather, next 5 days

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Forecast: Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0), model data for this point.

Bound and physics

Castillo San Felipe del Morro and its lawn (Explanada), up to the Santa María Magdalena cemetery.

Slope
gentle
Stairs
Ramps and steps inside the fort
Shade
low
Surface
lawn, stone ramps
Sleep here or visit
visit

A walking route that works

At opening, before the heat and the crowds

  1. Fort entrance

    Buy the ticket and take the ramp.

  2. Fort levels

    Walk the six levels down to the sea battery.

  3. The lawn (Explanada)

    Wind and open space; kites on breezy days.

  4. Cemetery view

    A walk along the wall toward the cemetery.

Rescue anchors

380 grid cells · 40 m
ABCDE
Green: rescue anchor (always). Amber: heat-only anchor. Red dots: grid cells more than 7 min (p90) from every valid anchor. North is up; not to scale for navigation.

A — Fort entrance courtyard (WC, shade)

toilet · shelter · seated_rest · valid: always

B — Lawn wall benches (field-verify)

seated_rest · valid: always

C — Fort interior galleries (shade)

shelter · seated_rest · valid: always

D — Cemetery road shade (field-verify)

seated_rest · shelter · valid: always

E — Visitor centre area (AC, field-verify)

ac · toilet · seated_rest · valid: always

always: 92% covered, max p90 7′, worst cell 9.7′ · heat: 92%

Nodes in this cluster

  1. Castillo San Felipe del Morro

    The six-level sea fort on the point of Old San Juan: 90 minutes, at opening, hat and water; it is exposed and hot by 11:00.

Edges out

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Old San JuanWalk or car east~20 minflat

Around this cluster

Straight-line distance; walk time adds 30% for streets.