{{Short description|Mountain range in Luzon, Philippines}} {{Use Philippine English|date=January 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Caraballo Mountains | other_name = | image = Umingan-Lupaojf4785 08.JPG | image_size = | image_caption = The mountains as seen from the Umingan-Lupao border | highest= | elevation_m= | coordinates_ref= | country = Philippines | region = {{hlist | Nueva Ecija | Nueva Vizcaya | Quirino }} | region_type = Provinces | borders_on = {{unbulleted list | Cordillera Central | Sierra Madre | Cagayan Valley | Central Luzon }} | length_km = 54 | width_mi = 15 | length_orientation = north-south | area_km2 = 1,300 | range_coordinates = {{coord|16|8|37.8|N|121|10|4.8|E|type:mountain_scale:300000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | range_coordinates_ref = | coordinates = | geology = | age = | map = Philippines | map_size = | map_caption = }}

The '''Caraballo Mountains''' is a mountain range in the central part of Luzon island in the Philippines, situated between the 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. The mountains mark the boundary between the Philippine Plate and the Sunda Plate.

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. __NOTOC__<!-- 2025-10-26 -->

==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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1130496/with-new-road-pangasinans-baguio-now-accessible/amp |title=With new road, Pangasinan's 'Baguio' now accessible |access-date=12 Aug 2023}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1192945 |title=P’sinan-N. Vizcaya border row stunts tourism site’s development |access-date=12 Aug 2023}}</ref> ===Farming=== Residents have their own backyard gardens, where they plant vegetables, which they sell in a nearby Public Market. == Gallery == <gallery mode="packed"> File:FvfDupaxdelSur9632 18.JPG|A section of the range at Dupax&nbsp;del&nbsp;Sur File:DaltonPassjf6256 35.JPG|Dalton Pass in Santa Fe File:Uminganjf5391 05.JPG|Another view from the fields of eastern Pangasinan File:DaltonPassjf6256 31.JPG|Another view overlooking Dalton Pass </gallery>

{{wide image|Umingan-Lupaojf4839 12.JPG|1000px|View of the mountains from the ''Welcome Arch'' in Umingan|center |alt=View of the Caraballo mountains from Umingan}}

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== See also == * Geography of the Philippines * Battle of Villa Verde Trail

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Category:Mountain ranges of the Philippines Category:Landforms of Nueva Vizcaya Category:Landforms of Quirino Category:Landforms of Nueva Ecija

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