Benítez Puerto Rico Map
Explore Benítez, Puerto Rico, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
Interactive Map of Benítez, Puerto Rico
How to Use This Benítez, Puerto Rico Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Benítez, Puerto Rico. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Puerto Rico or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Benítez.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Benítez |
| State | Puerto Rico (PR) |
| County | Canóvanas County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) |
| Latitude | 18.347236 |
| Longitude | -65.893912 |
| Population | 709 |
| Density | 1228.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Benítez, Puerto Rico
Benítez is a locality in Canóvanas County, Puerto Rico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 709. The population density is 1228.9 people per km². Benítez is located at 18.3472°N, 65.8939°W. It observes the Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) timezone.Benítez stretches across a low-lying landscape defined by the persistent, rhythmic pulse of the Río Canóvanas, which carves a path through the earth just a short distance from the center of the settlement. It lies 3.6 miles west-southwest of Río Grande, PR (from Río Grande, PR: bearing 241°T), and is situated 4.8 miles east-southeast of Carolina. The air here holds a heavy, humid weight, carrying the scent of damp soil and the distant, saline breath of Ensenada Comezón, which lingers at the edge of the horizon. To the south, the silhouette of Cerro Pitahaya rises against the sky, a silent sentinel overlooking the lush, verdant terrain that transitions toward the dense, emerald canopy of El Yunque National Forest. The light at dusk settles over the fields in long, bruised streaks of violet and gold, softening the sharp edges of the foliage and giving the ground a deep, somber richness that feels ancient and undisturbed.
Agriculture and the quiet labor of the land have long anchored the economy of Benítez, where the rhythms of the day are governed more by the turning of the seasons than by the mechanical pace of distant urban centers. The proximity to Parque Campo Rico provides a vital green space for the locality, maintaining a buffer of natural growth that separates the human architecture from the rugged, untamed character of the nearby Quebrada Limones. Residents often look toward the sea, aware that the Islote de Juan Pérez remains a fixed point in their collective consciousness, a distant reminder of the island’s enduring connection to the water. Life in Benítez moves with a deliberate, tempered gravity, reflecting a history of resilience that is etched into the very soil, where the people find a sense of place that is both firmly rooted in the local earth and perpetually open to the vast, shifting sky.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Parque Campo Rico (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 158° S
- Unknown Local Park (Local Park) — 1.4 mi, 262° W
- El Yunque National Forest (National Forest) — 3.9 mi, 112° E · 29k acres
- Luquillo Experimental Forest (Recreation Easement) — 3.9 mi, 112° E
- Reserva Natural Torrecilla Alta (proposed) (State Conservation Area) — 4.2 mi, 340° N
- El Toro Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 4.8 mi, 139° SE · 10k acres
- Río Espíritu Santo Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 5.5 mi, 057° NE
- Reserva Natural del Río Espíritu Santo (State Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 057° NE
- Bosque Estatal de Piñones Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 6.4 mi, 334° NW
- Rio De La Mina, Puerto Rico Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 7.3 mi, 113° SE · 623 acres
- Rio Icacos, Puerto Rico Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 7.7 mi, 121° SE · 708 acres
- Bano De Oro Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 8.0 mi, 116° SE
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About This Benítez Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Benítez, Puerto Rico. Coordinates: 18.347236, -65.893912. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Benítez includes the ZIP code, telephone area code, county seat of Canóvanas County, and school district assignment.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
