Calzada Puerto Rico Map

About Calzada, Puerto Rico

Calzada is a locality in Ponce County, Puerto Rico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 46. The population density is 68.3 people per km². Calzada is located at 18.0083°N, 66.5668°W. It observes the Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) timezone. ZIP code: 00715.

Calzada holds the humid breath of the tropics within its low-lying basin, where the land yields to the persistent, rhythmic pull of the nearby Caleta de Cabullones. It lies 3.1 miles east of Ponce, PR (from Ponce, PR: bearing 94°T), and is situated 2.4 miles west-southwest of Aguilita. The terrain here is shaped by the quiet erosion of Quebrada Ausubo, which carves a path toward the sea, while the distant, hazy silhouette of the Cuchilla de Monte Llano provides a jagged anchor to the horizon. Three miles away, the Río Bayagán meanders through the landscape, its waters carrying the silt of the interior toward the coast where Cayo Desgraciado waits as a lonely sentinel in the blue. The air in Calzada often feels thick with the scent of salt and damp earth, a sensory signature of a place that exists between the terrestrial solidity of the island and the expansive reach of the tide.

Calzada functions with a quiet, industrious intensity, drawing its character from a legacy of agricultural labor and the modest commerce that keeps its streets vibrant. Residents frequently seek the shade of the Parque Familiar Julio Enrique Monagas, a local sanctuary that offers respite from the unrelenting midday sun. Economic life remains tethered to the rhythms of the coast and the movement of goods, occasionally interrupted by the leisure of those who traverse the Vereda Alcantarilla to witness the changing light upon the water. While the shadow of the distant Bosque Estatal de Guilarte looms in the collective consciousness of the region, the daily existence in Calzada is defined by the immediate, practical connection to the land and the persistent, unyielding currents of the nearby bay.

About This Calzada Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Calzada, Puerto Rico. Coordinates: 18.008299, -66.566839. 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 Calzada includes the ZIP code (00715), telephone area code (787, 939), county seat of Ponce County, and school district assignment.

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.