El Negro Puerto Rico Map
Explore El Negro, 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 El Negro, Puerto Rico
How to Use This El Negro, Puerto Rico Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for El Negro, 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 El Negro.
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 | El Negro |
| State | Puerto Rico (PR) |
| County | Yabucoa County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) |
| Latitude | 18.037465 |
| Longitude | -65.851273 |
| Population | 1,126 |
| Density | 1061.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 00767 |
| Area Code | 787, 939 |
About El Negro, Puerto Rico
El Negro is a locality in Yabucoa County, Puerto Rico, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,126. The population density is 1061.0 people per km². El Negro is located at 18.0375°N, 65.8513°W. It observes the Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) timezone. ZIP code: 00767.El Negro stretches across a landscape defined by the shifting humidity of the tropics and the constant, salt-heavy breath of the nearby Puerto Yabucoa. It lies 7.9 miles south-southwest of Humacao, PR (from Humacao, PR: bearing 191°T), and is situated 2.1 miles east-southeast of Yabucoa. The terrain here is shaped by the subtle depressions of Quebrada Laja, where the earth holds moisture long after the afternoon rains have ceased, feeding a lush, verdant periphery. To the west, the jagged silhouette of the Cuchilla de Panduras rises against the skyline, a permanent anchor for the shifting clouds that drift over the lowlands. The air in El Negro carries the scent of damp soil and brine, a reminder of the proximity to the coast, while the nearby Río Guayanés winds through the brush like a silver thread, its banks dense with wild, untamed greenery that catches the amber light of the setting sun.
Economic life in El Negro has long been tied to the rhythms of the land and the seasonal temperaments of the coast, reflecting a history that favors endurance over rapid expansion. Families often gather in the quiet expanse of the Parque del Niño de Yabucoa, a space that serves as a communal hearth where the pace of the day slows to match the movement of the tides. While the distant, expansive beauty of Lago Patillas remains a destination for those seeking the stillness of inland waters, the daily existence here is marked by the pragmatism of a community defined by its proximity to both the agricultural heritage of the interior and the maritime influence of the eastern shore. The people of El Negro maintain a steady, grounded existence, finding a quiet dignity in the labor of the fields and the maintenance of their homes, forever balancing the legacy of their ancestors with the quiet, persistent demands of the present.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Parque del Niño de Yabucoa (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 330° NW
- Punta Yegüas Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 0.8 mi, 137° SE
- Unknown Local Park (Local Park) — 2.3 mi, 048° NE
- Manglar Punta Tuna Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 3.0 mi, 213° SW
- Reserva Natural Manglar de Punta Tuna (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 213° SW
- RN Pantano Bosque Pterocarpus Lagunas Mandry y Sta Teresa Humacao (State Conservation Area) — 8.3 mi, 036° NE
- Bosque Estatal de Carite (State Resource Management Area) — 10.4 mi, 287° W
- El Yunque National Forest (National Forest) — 14.5 mi, 006° N · 29k acres
- El Toro Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 14.8 mi, 008° N · 10k acres
- Rio Icacos, Puerto Rico Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 16.1 mi, 015° N · 708 acres
- Rio Mameyes, Puerto Rico Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 17.9 mi, 017° N · 1,219 acres
- Vieques National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.5 mi, 076° E · 52k acres
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About This El Negro Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of El Negro, Puerto Rico. Coordinates: 18.037465, -65.851273. 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 El Negro includes the ZIP code (00767), telephone area code (787, 939), county seat of Yabucoa 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. |
