Corcovado Puerto Rico Map

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. ZIP code: 00659.

Corcovado holds the sun in the quiet hollows of its limestone terrain, where the humid breath of the tropics meets the steady, mineral scent of the earth. It lies 4.1 miles west-southwest of Arecibo, PR (from Arecibo, PR: bearing 256°T), and is situated 3.8 miles east-southeast of Hatillo. Beyond the immediate reach of the nearby Quebrada Seca, the land rises in stubborn, verdant swells that suggest the ancient pressure of the Montañas Guarionex looming on the distant horizon. The light here at dusk settles with a heavy, bruised violet hue, catching the high, jagged silhouette of Roca Resuello miles away while the air remains thick with the salt-crusted moisture blowing in from the direction of Puerto Arecibo. Two miles away, the singular geometry of the running track serves as a stark, human-made punctuation mark against the tangled, chaotic green of the undergrowth, where the wild vines reclaim the edges of the soil with a slow, relentless patience.

Corcovado maintains a pulse that is measured less by the frantic tick of a clock and more by the seasonal swell of the Río Camuy, which draws the moisture of the lowlands toward the sea. The economy here is an intricate ledger of small-scale agriculture and the quiet persistence of those who navigate the transition between the island’s interior and the coast. Life in Corcovado moves with the practiced fluidity of a people who carry the memory of both the dense, shadowed interior of the Bosque Estatal de Río Abajo and the open, restless horizon of the water. Even as the modern world encroaches, the rhythm of the day is defined by the heavy heat of the afternoon and the sharp, sudden clarity of the stars that appear once the clouds have retreated toward the peaks of the distant mountains, leaving the landscape to settle into a cool, watchful silence.

About This Corcovado Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Corcovado, Puerto Rico. Coordinates: 18.458557, -66.776287. 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 Corcovado includes the ZIP code (00659), telephone area code (787, 939), county seat of Hatillo 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.