Corcovado Puerto Rico Map
Corcovado, Puerto Rico — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Corcovado, Hatillo County.
Interactive Map of Corcovado, Puerto Rico
| City | Corcovado |
| State | Puerto Rico (PR) |
| County | Hatillo |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) |
| Latitude | 18.458557 |
| Longitude | -66.776287 |
| Population | 995 |
| Density | 837.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Corcovado, Puerto Rico
Corcovado is a locality in Hatillo County, Puerto Rico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 995. The population density is 837.1 people per km². Corcovado is located at 18.4586°N, 66.7763°W. It observes the Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) timezone.
Corcovado rises from the verdant embrace of Hatillo, a place where the land itself seems to exhale a soft, humid breath. It lies 4.1 miles west-south-west of Arecibo, PR (from Arecibo, PR: bearing 256°T), and is situated 3.8 miles east-south-east of Hatillo. The terrain here is a study in gentle slopes and shadowed hollows, a tapestry of green woven from sugar cane fields, pasturage, and pockets of dense, tropical foliage. Roads, often no more than red dirt tracks, wind like sleepy serpents through the landscape, leading the eye towards the distant, hazy line of the Caribbean Sea. The air, thick with the scent of damp earth and blooming flowers, hangs heavy, particularly in the late afternoon, carrying the faint buzz of insects and the occasional distant call of a bird. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, paints fleeting, golden mosaics on the undergrowth, a transient beauty that defines the quiet persistence of this rural heartland. The history of Corcovado is as layered as the soil beneath its feet, a narrative shaped by the agricultural bounty that has long sustained its people. Originally a land shaped by indigenous hands, it later became a significant hub for sugar cane cultivation under Spanish rule, a legacy that still whispers through the landscape in the form of old stone walls and the enduring rhythm of rural labor. While large-scale plantations have largely receded, the spirit of farming persists, with many families maintaining small plots of land, growing plantains, yautía, and other staples that form the backbone of the local economy. The proximity to the coast also hints at a connection to fishing, though its primary identity remains firmly rooted in the fertile interior, a quiet testament to generations who have worked this land, their lives intertwined with its cycles of growth and harvest.
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About This Corcovado Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Corcovado, Puerto Rico with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Corcovado and Hatillo County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Corcovado is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Corcovado is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
