Enter your search query in the box below.

Boquerón Puerto Rico Map

Explore Boquerón, 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 Boquerón, Puerto Rico

How to Use This Boquerón, Puerto Rico Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Boquerón, 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 Boquerón.

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	Boquerón
State	Puerto Rico (PR)
County	Cabo Rojo County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico)

Latitude	18.065636
Longitude	-67.156272
Population	1,853
Density	706.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A

🌦 Goto Boquerón Weather Page: Boquerón, Puerto Rico — Weather Warnings, Forecast, Radar, Satellite & Current Conditions

About Boquerón, Puerto Rico

Boquerón is a locality in Cabo Rojo County, Puerto Rico, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,853. The population density is 706.0 people per km². Boquerón is located at 18.0656°N, 67.1563°W. It observes the Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) timezone.

Boquerón occupies a space where the earth softens into the low-lying basin of Quebrada Grande, stretching toward a horizon defined by the rugged elevation of Cerro Piñas. It lies 5.5 miles south-southwest of Hormigueros, PR (from Hormigueros, PR: bearing 200°T), and is situated 7.5 miles west of San Germán. The air here holds a heavy, salt-slicked warmth that clings to the skin, lingering long after the sun dips toward the distant Puerto Real. Beyond the immediate terrain, the landscape transitions into a mosaic of dry tropical scrub and flat plains, while the distant, jagged silhouette of Roca Velásquez punctuates the shimmering haze of the water. Evenings in Boquerón shift the light into bruised purples and golds, casting a long, meditative shadow across the ground that seems to pause the very movement of the wind.

Economic life in Boquerón has long been tethered to the pulse of the sea and the steady, seasonal migration of travelers who seek the slow pace of the coast. While the nearby expanse of Laguna Joyuda remains a quiet anchor for local ecology, the rhythm of daily existence is dictated by the passage of tides and the modest flow of the Río Viejo. The heritage of the locale is etched into the unadorned storefronts and the casual, persistent vitality of Parque Tuto Mendoza, where the weight of history is felt more in the shared silence of the residents than in any monument. Life here operates in a register of its own, blending the practical demands of a coastal economy with a deep, quiet awareness of the land’s enduring, sun-bleached character.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Parque Tuto Mendoza (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 009° N
Unknown Local Park (Local Park) — 1.6 mi, 024° NE
Bosque Estatal de Boquerón (State Resource Management Area) — 1.6 mi, 288° W
Finca Belvedere Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 2.4 mi, 289° W
Reserva Natural Finca Belvedere/ BE de Boquerón (State Conservation Area) — 2.4 mi, 289° W
Bosque Natural de Boquerón Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 2.9 mi, 208° SW
Refugio de Vida Silvestre Iris Alameda de Boquerón / BE de Boque (State Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 183° S
Laguna Cartagena National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 4.9 mi, 142° SE · 540 acres
Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 5.3 mi, 187° S · 5,583 acres
Cavernas del Río Camuy (State Park) — 28.6 mi, 048° NE
El Yunque National Forest (National Forest) — 46.3 mi, 061° NE · 29k acres

Latest News: Boquerón

Loading news…

World News

Loading news-world…

More World News