Cerrillos Hoyos Puerto Rico Map

About Cerrillos Hoyos, Puerto Rico

Cerrillos Hoyos is a locality in Ponce County, Puerto Rico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 495. The population density is 489.7 people per km². Cerrillos Hoyos is located at 35.4375°N, 106.1246°W. It observes the Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) timezone. ZIP code: 87010.

Cerrillos Hoyos anchors a landscape where the heavy, humid air seems to hold the light of the late afternoon in suspended animation, casting long, bruised shadows against the slopes of Pico Pinto. It lies 4.2 miles west-northwest of Juana Díaz, PR (from Juana Díaz, PR: bearing 284°T), and is situated 4.8 miles northeast of Ponce. The terrain ripples toward the horizon, defined by the sharp, verdant descent of Quebrada Ausubo and the persistent, low-lying current of the Río Cerrillos, which carves a narrow vein of moisture through the sun-bleached earth. Though the distant salt air of the Caleta de Cabullones occasionally drifts inland, the immediate geography is one of terrestrial intensity, where the thick, waxy leaves of tropical flora thrive in the heat. A few miles away, the quiet expanse of Parque Luis Antonio "Wito" Morales Crespo offers a sanctuary of unmanicured growth, providing a stark contrast to the distant, shimmering outline of Cayo Desgraciado that haunts the periphery of the coastal view.

Cerrillos Hoyos sustains itself through a rhythm of labor that feels inherited from the generations who carved their livelihood from these stubborn soils. The local economy persists in the quiet shadow of historical shifts, favoring small-scale agriculture and the deliberate, slow-moving commerce that characterizes life away from the urban centers. While travelers might seek the distant, cooler elevations of Bosque Estatal de Guilarte or the well-trodden paths of Vereda Alcantarilla, those who remain here find a distinct satisfaction in the mundane persistence of the landscape. Life in Cerrillos Hoyos is measured not by grand events, but by the subtle, cyclical changes in the color of the fields and the seasonal flooding of the nearby lowlands, maintaining a sense of place that remains largely indifferent to the frantic pace of the wider world.

About This Cerrillos Hoyos Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cerrillos Hoyos, Puerto Rico. Coordinates: 35.43752, -106.124591. 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 Cerrillos Hoyos includes the ZIP code (87010), 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.