G. L. García Puerto Rico Map
Explore G. L. García, 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 G. L. García, Puerto Rico
How to Use This G. L. García, Puerto Rico Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for G. L. García, 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 G. L. García.
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 | G. L. García |
| State | Puerto Rico (PR) |
| County | Cayey County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) |
| Latitude | 18.117419 |
| Longitude | -66.145079 |
| Population | 1,136 |
| Density | 646.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 12746 |
About G. L. García, Puerto Rico
G. L. García is a locality in Cayey County, Puerto Rico, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,136. The population density is 646.2 people per km². G. L. García is located at 18.1174°N, 66.1451°W. It observes the Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) timezone. ZIP code: 12746.G. L. García occupies a quiet, inland stretch of terrain characterized by a verdant, undulating topography that rises toward the prominence of Cerro La Guásima just a mile away. It lies 1.4 miles east-northeast of Cayey, PR (from Cayey, PR: bearing 74°T), and is situated 9.4 miles north-northwest of Guayama. The landscape is defined by the steady, persistent presence of the Río de la Plata, which snakes through the nearby lowlands, and the intricate, steep-walled contours of the Quebrada Beatriz. Here, the air holds a heavy, humid warmth that clings to the skin, and the light at dusk settles in long, bruised purples against the leaves, turning the vegetation into a deep, velvety shade of emerald. The proximity of the Unknown Local Park offers a small, quiet sanctuary where the local flora thrives in the absence of bustling thoroughfares, and the distant, shimmering surface of Lago Carite occasionally catches the afternoon sun, four miles to the south.
Agriculture and the rhythms of land management have long anchored the identity of G. L. García, grounding its inhabitants in the cycle of the seasons and the demands of the soil. While the economy has evolved from its early reliance on traditional cultivation, the people maintain a distinct, self-contained pace of life that favors long-standing social ties over the rapid shifts of urban centers. Residents often look toward the nearby El Rada Trail for a measure of recreation, finding in its paths a connection to the interior geography that remains largely untouched by the pressures of modern industry. Life in G. L. García is marked by a deliberate, measured quality, where the primary occupations still echo the region’s historical commitment to the land, and the collective memory of the residents remains tethered to the quiet, persistent growth of the surrounding countryside.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Unknown Local Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 049° NE
- Parque Recreativo El Torito (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 010° N
- Bosque Estatal de Carite (State Resource Management Area) — 2.9 mi, 119° SE
- Forest Legacy Program acquisition - Finca Mikasobe Carite (State Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 154° SE
- El Yunque National Forest (National Forest) — 4.4 mi, 197° S · 29k acres
- Reserva Natural Sistema de Cuevas y Cavernas de Aguas Buenas (State Conservation Area) — 6.6 mi, 015° N
- Parque Nacional Punta Guilarte (State Park) — 11.1 mi, 183° S
- Bosque Estatal de Aguirre (Marine Protected Area) — 11.3 mi, 197° S
- Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 11.5 mi, 204° SW
- El Toro Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 21.9 mi, 061° NE · 10k acres
- Rio Icacos, Puerto Rico Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 25.5 mi, 067° NE · 708 acres
- Vieques National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 37.2 mi, 090° E · 52k acres
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About This G. L. García Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of G. L. García, Puerto Rico. Coordinates: 18.117419, -66.145079. 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 G. L. García includes the ZIP code (12746), telephone area code, county seat of Cayey 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. |
