Caraballo Mountains

Caraballo Mountains
Caraballo Mountains
	Lupao border
Highest point
Elevation	1,588 m (5,210 ft)
Dimensions
Length	54 km (34 mi) north-south
Width	15 mi (24 km)
Area	1,300 km2 (500 sq mi)
Geography
	Caraballo Mountains
Country	Philippines
Provinces	Nueva Ecija; Nueva Vizcaya; Quirino;
Range coordinates	16°8′37.8″N 121°10′4.8″E / 16.143833°N 121.168000°E
Borders on	Cordillera Central; Sierra Madre; Cagayan Valley; Central Luzon;

The Caraballo Mountains is a mountain range in the central part of

Cordillera Central and Sierra Madre mountain ranges. The mountains serve as the location of the river source of the Cagayan River

, the longest in the country.

Several portions of the mountain range are protected under the National Integrated Protected Areas System, including the Casecnan Protected Landscape and the Pantabangan–Carranglan Watershed Forest Reserve.

Transportation

The Caraballo Mountains can be reached by the Pangasinan-Nueva Ecija Road, taking one and a half hours to travel from the Downtown of San Nicolas.^[1]

Economy

Tourism

The Caraballo Mountains gained tourists because of the attractions and waterfalls that the Mountain Range offers. The mountains have 100-500 people going to the range each day.^[2]