Culebra (Puerto Rico) - Wink Travel Guide

Culebra is a small Caribbean island, mostly covered in nature preserve that lies about 20 miles east of Puerto Rico and 12 miles west of Saint Thomas. Culebra is administered as a municipality of Puerto Rico.

Culebra is 5 miles by 7 miles, without streams.

It was used as a practice bombing range by the US Navy for much of the 20th Century. Development has been recent and slow, and the island is still mostly woodlands.

This makes it a spectacular backcountry destination, away from the crowds and the mega-resorts.

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