Pico San Juan is the highest point of the central area of the island of Cuba with 1,140 meters above sea level.

The mountain rises on a 1,140 meters above sea level of rivers, forests, valleys and peaks.

At the top, there is also a bust of the prominent Cuban caver Antonio Núñez Jiménez.

[citation needed] The Sierra del Escambray, in the "Guamuhaya" Massif, was the scene of small combats between the Cuban aborigines and the Spanish conquistadors during the 16th century.

Finally, it was also the scene of the armed struggle in the 1950s and 1960s, first of the 26th of July Movement,[2] the Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil[2] and the Second National Front of Escambray against the army of General Fulgencio Batista (1957-1958), and then, during the Escambray rebellion (1960-1965).