Búfalo Puerto Rico Map
Explore Búfalo, 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 Búfalo, Puerto Rico
How to Use This Búfalo, Puerto Rico Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Búfalo, 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 Búfalo.
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 | Búfalo |
| State | Puerto Rico (PR) |
| County | Barceloneta County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) |
| Latitude | 18.426159 |
| Longitude | -66.553658 |
| Population | 797 |
| Density | 458.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 41828 |
About Búfalo, Puerto Rico
Búfalo is a locality in Barceloneta County, Puerto Rico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 797. The population density is 458.8 people per km². Búfalo is located at 18.4262°N, 66.5537°W. It observes the Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) timezone. ZIP code: 41828.Búfalo occupies a landscape where the dense, humid breath of the tropics meets the limestone geology characteristic of the northern karst, creating a terrain defined by subtle shifts in elevation and pockets of deep, verdant growth. It lies 4.4 miles west of Manatí, PR (from Manatí, PR: bearing 265°T), and is situated 4.9 miles west-southwest of Tierras Nuevas Poniente. The air here holds a constant, heavy moisture, cooling slightly as it drifts from the nearby Bosque Estatal de Cambalache, which marks the horizon with a dense, unbroken canopy of green. To the east, the land slopes toward the path of the Río Grande de Manati, whose waters cut a quiet, persistent channel through the earth, drawing the eye toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Cerro Pelota. Sunlight in Búfalo possesses a particular, honeyed quality in the late afternoon, casting long, sharp shadows across the limestone outcrops and illuminating the dust kicked up by the passage of time on unpaved roads.
The history of Búfalo remains quietly tethered to the agricultural rhythms of the region, where the economy has long been shaped by the stubborn resilience of the soil and the proximity to fertile basins like Quebrada Cimarrona. While the modern pace of life moves with a pragmatic focus, there remains a deep, lingering awareness of the island’s broader heritage, a sense of belonging that stretches from these inland fields toward the salt-sprayed coast near Mar Chiquita. Life here often follows the slow, deliberate work of seasonal cultivation, yet residents frequently turn their gaze toward the horizon, where the presence of Tres Hermanas offshore serves as a constant reminder of the sea’s influence on the local character. Búfalo carries the quiet weight of its surroundings, a place where the stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the rhythmic rustle of palm fronds and the distant, unseen movement of the tide.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Bosque Estatal de Cambalache (State Resource Management Area) — 0.9 mi, 091° E
- Unknown Local Park (Local Park) — 1.7 mi, 110° E
- El Yunque National Forest (National Forest) — 2.1 mi, 150° SE · 29k acres
- Reserva Natural Caño Tiburones (State Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 326° NW
- Caño Tiburones Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 3.1 mi, 326° NW
- Hacienda La Esperanza Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 4.1 mi, 019° N
- Parque Centro Avance (Local Park) — 4.1 mi, 357° N
- Reserva Natural Laguna Tortuguero (State Conservation Area) — 5.7 mi, 062° NE
- Bosque Estatal de Río Abajo (State Resource Management Area) — 9.7 mi, 239° SW
- Cavernas del Río Camuy (State Park) — 18.2 mi, 253° W
- El Toro Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 47.1 mi, 102° E · 10k acres
- Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 50.3 mi, 233° SW · 5,583 acres
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About This Búfalo Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Búfalo, Puerto Rico. Coordinates: 18.426159, -66.553658. 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 Búfalo includes the ZIP code (41828), telephone area code, county seat of Barceloneta 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. |
