San Miguel National Park
San Miguel National Park is a protected natural area in the Atlantic Coast region in eastern Uruguay. It is the site of the Fuerte de San Miguel, an historic stone coastal defense fortress established by the Spanish in 1734.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: national park in Uruguay
- Also known as: “San Miguel national park”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fuerte San Miguel and Escuela 12.
Fuerte San Miguel
Castle
Photo: Gabriela2465, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fuerte de San Miguel is a military fortification in the small town of Dieciocho de Julio in the Rocha Department of eastern Uruguay. It was erected in 1737 by the Portuguese, having abandoned the attempt at building a fort in Maldonado.
Escuela 12
School
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Escuela 12 is a school, which is situated 3½ km north of San Miguel National Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dieciocho de Julio and Chuy.
Dieciocho de Julio
Town
Photo: Hoverfish, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dieciocho de Julio or 18 de Julio is a small town in the Rocha Department of southeastern Uruguay. Dieciocho de Julio is situated 3 km north of San Miguel National Park.
Chuy
Chuy is a town in the Atlantic Coast region of Uruguay, with its twin town of Chuí right across the street in Brazil. The main street in Chuy is the actual border between Uruguay and Brazil.
Chuí
Photo: FrancoBras, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chuí is in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in the South of Brazil, at the border with Uruguay. It's right across the street from its sister town of Chuy, Uruguay.
San Miguel National Park
- Category: national park
- Location: Rocha Department, Uruguay, South America
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Satellite Map
Discover San Miguel National Park from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“San Miguel National Park” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Parque Nacional San Miguel”
- German: “Nationalpark San Miguel”
- German: “Parque nacional de reserva de fauna y flora de San Miguel”
- German: “Parque nacional San Miguel”
- Spanish: “Parque nacional de reserva de fauna y flora de San Miguel”
- Spanish: “Parque nacional San Miguel”
- Spanish: “Parque Nacional San Miguel”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Sierra de San Miguel and Coxilha.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Área Protegida San Miguel and Cerro Picudo.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “San Miguel National Park”. Photo: Claudia Garay, CC BY-SA 3.0.