La Alianza Puerto Rico Map
Explore La Alianza, 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 La Alianza, Puerto Rico
How to Use This La Alianza, Puerto Rico Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for La Alianza, 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 La Alianza.
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 | La Alianza |
| State | Puerto Rico (PR) |
| County | Arecibo County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) |
| Latitude | 18.397448 |
| Longitude | -66.602395 |
| Population | 1,499 |
| Density | 502.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 00688 |
| Area Code | 787, 939 |
About La Alianza, Puerto Rico
La Alianza is a locality in Arecibo County, Puerto Rico, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,499. The population density is 502.5 people per km². La Alianza is located at 18.3974°N, 66.6024°W. It observes the Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) timezone. ZIP code: 00688.La Alianza emerges from the verdant, humid lowlands where the air holds the heavy, sweet scent of damp earth and ripening vegetation. It lies 9.1 miles southeast of Arecibo, PR (from Arecibo, PR: bearing 125°T), and is situated 8.7 miles west-southwest of Tierras Nuevas Poniente. Dense canopy defines the immediate horizon, as the Bosque Estatal de Cambalache envelops the surroundings in a sprawling, protected embrace of limestone mogotes and tangled vines. Five miles to the west, the Río Grande de Arecibo carves a persistent path toward the sea, its waters reflecting the shifting clouds that gather before the daily rains. The land here leans toward the coastal plains, feeling the distant, briny exhales of Puerto Arecibo, which lies nine miles away, tempering the heat with a persistent, salt-tinged breeze. Even when the sun retreats behind the distant, hazy silhouette of the Cuchilla Buena Vista, the humidity remains, a tangible presence that softens the edges of every leaf and stone.
La Alianza carries a quiet, industrious persistence, shaped by the historical rhythms of the surrounding karst landscape and the nearby sugar-milling legacy of the northern coast. While the local economy has transitioned from the intensive harvests of the past, the spirit of the region remains tied to the soil and the complex, enduring connection between its people and the land. In the quiet hours of the afternoon, one might hear the distant, rhythmic rush of Jobos Saltillo echoing through the northern terrain, or observe the way the light catches the limestone outcrops of the Bosque Estatal de Cambalache, turning the gray stone into a shimmering, silvered metal. Life in La Alianza moves with a deliberate pace, colored by a deep-seated awareness of the nearby Los Canos basin, where the fertility of the earth continues to dictate the cycle of the seasons.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Bosque Estatal de Cambalache (State Resource Management Area) — 0.4 mi, 345° N
- Forest Legacy Program acquisition - Finca San Andrés Dairy (State Conservation Area) — 0.6 mi, 263° W
- Unknown Local Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 195° S
- Forest Legacy Program acquisition - Finca CDK1_Guillermety (State Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 185° S
- El Yunque National Forest (National Forest) — 4.1 mi, 095° E · 29k acres
- Parque Paseos Reales (Local Park) — 4.4 mi, 322° NW
- Caño Tiburones Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 4.6 mi, 011° N
- Bosque Estatal de Río Abajo (State Resource Management Area) — 5.9 mi, 240° SW
- Hacienda La Esperanza Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 7.4 mi, 038° NE
- Cavernas del Río Camuy (State Park) — 14.6 mi, 256° W
- Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 46.5 mi, 233° SW · 5,583 acres
- El Toro Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 49.9 mi, 099° E · 10k acres
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About This La Alianza Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of La Alianza, Puerto Rico. Coordinates: 18.397448, -66.602395. 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 La Alianza includes the ZIP code (00688), telephone area code (787, 939), county seat of Arecibo 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. |
