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Hato Viejo Puerto Rico Map

Explore Hato Viejo, 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 Hato Viejo, Puerto Rico

How to Use This Hato Viejo, Puerto Rico Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Hato Viejo, 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 Hato Viejo.

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.

CityHato Viejo
StatePuerto Rico (PR)
CountyCiales County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneAtlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico)
Latitude18.363561
Longitude-66.476282
Population1,062
Density184.1 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code00638
Area Code787, 939

About Hato Viejo, Puerto Rico

Hato Viejo is a locality in Ciales County, Puerto Rico, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,062. The population density is 184.1 people per km². Hato Viejo is located at 18.3636°N, 66.4763°W. It observes the Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) timezone. ZIP code: 00638.

Hato Viejo anchors itself firmly within the low-lying basin of Quebrada Toyo, where the land holds the heavy, humid breath of the tropics. It lies 8.1 miles southwest of Vega Baja, PR (from Vega Baja, PR: bearing 226°T), and is situated 6.8 miles south of Tierras Nuevas Poniente. The Río Grande de Manati carves a restless, dark path through the terrain, its waters serving as the primary pulse of the landscape as they move toward the distant coastline. To the south, the Montañas de Corozal rise as a jagged, indigo silhouette against the sky, while the air remains thick with the scent of damp earth and cooling limestone. In the quiet hours of the afternoon, the sunlight slants low, turning the tall grasses of the basin into a shimmering, pale gold that seems to vibrate against the deep emerald of the surrounding vegetation.

History in Hato Viejo is written in the stubborn resilience of the soil and the quiet persistence of those who work it. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the land, drawing from a legacy of agriculture that once defined the surrounding region before the shifting tides of industry took hold. Residents often find their way to the Unknown Local Park for a reprieve from the heat, or look toward the horizon where the Cambalache State Forest creates a dense, dark boundary of trees. Despite the pull of the sea at Mar Chiquita, life here remains focused on the interior, grounded in a sense of place that belongs to the Island of Puerto Rico while maintaining an identity carved from the riverbank and the shade of the valley.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Unknown Local Park (Local Park) — 1.9 mi, 165° S
  • Parque Montebello (Local Park) — 3.0 mi, 277° W
  • El Yunque National Forest (National Forest) — 4.3 mi, 297° NW · 29k acres
  • Bosque Estatal de Cambalache (State Resource Management Area) — 5.5 mi, 322° NW
  • Reserva Natural Laguna Tortuguero (State Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 009° N
  • Laguna Tortuguero Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 5.9 mi, 009° N
  • Reserva Natural del Río Cialitos (State Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 204° SW
  • Hacienda La Esperanza Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 8.0 mi, 346° N
  • Bosque Estatal de Tres Picachos (State Resource Management Area) — 8.9 mi, 198° S
  • Cavernas del Río Camuy (State Park) — 22.5 mi, 267° W
  • El Toro Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 41.4 mi, 098° E · 10k acres
  • Vieques National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 61.3 mi, 106° E · 52k acres

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About This Hato Viejo Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hato Viejo, Puerto Rico. Coordinates: 18.363561, -66.476282. 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 Hato Viejo includes the ZIP code (00638), telephone area code (787, 939), county seat of Ciales 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.