Puerto Rico · East coast

Rio Grande

The east-coast municipality holding most of El Yunque rainforest — the island’s national-forest base.

Rio Grande is the east-coast municipality whose territory includes most of El Yunque — the only tropical rainforest in the US National Forest System. The town sits at the foot of the rainforest with the entry road climbing into the federal park; lodging in Rio Grande includes both the resort-side properties (Wyndham Grand Río Mar, several smaller inns) and residential rentals serving as El Yunque bases. For visiting JRCM-registered patients combining the island's natural history with their authorized regimen, Rio Grande is the El Yunque base. **Federal-land cannabis prohibition applies inside the forest itself** — the JRCM patient registration provides no federal-land protection. Medical use stays at the rental, off federal land. JRCM-licensed dispensary access is metro-driven; the closest cluster is in Carolina or Fajardo.