Major Mountains of Cuba: Peaks & Ranges

Cuba's mountains concentrate in three eastern ranges and scattered central/western uplands. The island's highest peaks rise from the Sierra Maestra.

Sierra Maestra (Southeast) — Highest Range

• Pico Turquino: 1,974 m (6,476 ft) — Cuba's highest point
• Pico Cuba: 1,872 m
• Pico Suecia: 1,734 m
• Historic significance: Castro's 1956–58 guerrilla base (La Comandancia)

Escambray Mountains (Central) — Guamuhaya Massif

• Pico San Juan: 1,140 m (3,740 ft)
• Topes de Collantes: 800 m — nature reserve, waterfalls, coffee farms
• Loma de la Gaviota: 1,030 m

Sierra del Rosario (West-Central) — UNESCO Biosphere

• Pan de Azúcar: 692 m (2,270 ft)
• Alturas de Cañada Honda: 650 m
• Reforestation success story; Las Terrazas eco-community

Sierra de los Órganos (Viñales Valley, West)

• Mogotes: Karst limestone towers (not traditional peaks) — 200–400 m
• Loma del Hierro: 973 m — highest in western Cuba
• Rubalcaba Peak: 667 m
• UNESCO World Heritage cultural landscape

Other Notable Elevations

• El Yunque de Baracoa: 589 m — anvil-shaped icon near Baracoa
• Sierra de Cubitas (Camagüey): 385 m — cave systems, petroglyphs
• Alturas de Pizarras: 251 m — low western hills

Cuba's mountains harbor exceptional biodiversity, revolutionary history, and the island's most dramatic scenery.