Buena Vista Puerto Rico Map
Explore Buena Vista, 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 Buena Vista, Puerto Rico
How to Use This Buena Vista, Puerto Rico Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Buena Vista, 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 Buena Vista.
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 | Buena Vista |
| State | Puerto Rico (PR) |
| County | Carolina County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) |
| Latitude | 18.006077 |
| Longitude | -66.597673 |
| Density | N/A /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 00616 |
| Area Code | 787, 939 |
About Buena Vista, Puerto Rico
Buena Vista is a locality in Carolina County, Puerto Rico, United States. Buena Vista is located at 18.0061°N, 66.5977°W. It observes the Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) timezone. ZIP code: 00616.Buena Vista reveals itself through a landscape of humid, verdant intensity, where the terrain slopes downward toward the winding path of the Río Grande De Loiza. It lies 47.2 miles northeast of Merced, CA (from Merced, CA: bearing 53°T), and is situated 17.5 miles southwest of Yosemite National Park. The air here holds a heavy, salt-tinged moisture, drifting inland from the distant Puerto Nuevo Channel to settle over the low-lying basin of Quebrada Blasina. To the south, the rugged silhouette of the Cuchilla de Santa Inés rises in shades of bruised purple against the horizon, providing a stark contrast to the lush, tangled growth of the nearby Bosque Estatal de Piñones. Within the immediate vicinity, the Unknown Local Park serves as a quiet center for the neighborhood, its grounds providing a green reprieve where the light at dusk turns the foliage into a deep, liquid emerald. A few miles to the east, the Islote de Juan Pérez remains a solitary sentinel off the coast, its presence felt in the way the wind shifts across the coastal plain.
Economic life in Buena Vista reflects a long history of agricultural legacy and modern transition, rooted in the fertile soil that has sustained generations of local families. The proximity to the Río Grande De Loiza has long dictated the rhythm of movement and trade, shaping a culture that balances the quietude of inland life with a constant awareness of the tides. While the influence of larger urban centers remains palpable, the people of Buena Vista maintain a distinct sense of autonomy, their daily routines punctuated by the movement of goods and the steady, unyielding labor of the fields. The architecture of the region—simple, resilient, and colored by the harsh sun—speaks to a persistence that outlasts shifting trends, grounding the residents in a place that feels both enduring and perpetually in motion.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Parque Familiar Julio Enrique Monagas (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 167° S
- Unknown Local Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 286° W
- Reserva Natural Punta Cucharas (State Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 249° W
- Bosque Estatal de Guánica (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 166° S
- Caja de Muertos Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 7.4 mi, 150° SE
- Bosque Estatal de Toro Negro (State Resource Management Area) — 9.6 mi, 008° N
- Bosque Estatal de Monte Guilarte (State Resource Management Area) — 11.0 mi, 311° NW
- Punta Petrona Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 13.2 mi, 106° E
- El Yunque National Forest (National Forest) — 27.0 mi, 008° N · 29k acres
- Laguna Cartagena National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 33.1 mi, 270° W · 540 acres
- Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.9 mi, 267° W · 5,583 acres
- El Toro Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 52.2 mi, 069° E · 10k acres
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About This Buena Vista Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Buena Vista, Puerto Rico. Coordinates: 18.006077, -66.597673. 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 Buena Vista includes the ZIP code (00616), telephone area code (787, 939), county seat of Carolina 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. |
