It is surrounded by mountains, abundant in vegetation, and it is at the center of the Cerrillos State Forest, which is located 4 miles northeast of the city of Ponce.

)[4] It was named in honor of "Wito" Morales, mayor of Ponce from 1972 to 1976 and former Puerto Rico senator.

Prior to his years in politics, Wito Morales was as sportscaster for the Ponce Lions professional baseball team.

He had himself also played with the Lions from 1947 to 1953, and is recognized at the Tricentennial Park as well as at Ponce's Sports Hall of Fame, the Francisco Pancho Coimbre Museum.

[7] This park includes basketball, "beach" volleyball and baseball facilities, a fresh water pond, an aquatic play yard, a children's playground, and 20 large gazebos, most of them equipped with BBQ pits.