La Plena Puerto Rico Map
Explore La Plena, 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 Plena, Puerto Rico
How to Use This La Plena, Puerto Rico Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for La Plena, 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 Plena.
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 Plena |
| State | Puerto Rico (PR) |
| County | Salinas County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) |
| Latitude | 18.04663 |
| Longitude | -66.204612 |
| Population | 441 |
| Density | 92.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 4663 |
| Area Code | 787, 939 |
About La Plena, Puerto Rico
La Plena is a locality in Salinas County, Puerto Rico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 441. The population density is 92.0 people per km². La Plena is located at 18.0466°N, 66.2046°W. It observes the Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) timezone. ZIP code: 4663.La Plena unfolds across a landscape defined by the persistent, rhythmic movement of the Río Majada as it carves through the terrain. It lies 5.2 miles south-southwest of Cayey, PR (from Cayey, PR: bearing 209°T), and is situated 7.4 miles northwest of Guayama.
The earth here holds the deep, resonant echoes of history within the folds of the Quebrada Carmen, where the soil retains a damp, fertile weight that once sustained the island’s enduring agricultural traditions. Life in La Plena moves in accordance with the humid breath of the trade winds, which carry the salt-tinged promise of the Bahía de Jobos toward the interior, cooling the air as it passes over the rugged silhouette of Peñon de los Soldados. While the proximity of El Yunque National Forest brings a lush, emerald vitality to the horizon, the local economy remains tethered to the quiet, industrious pulse of a people who have long navigated the complex transition between the island’s verdant interior and the pull of the distant coast. Even as the modern day asserts itself, the presence of Lago Carite to the north and the distant, shimmering outline of Mata Redonda serve as constant reminders of a geography that demands both respect and a keen, observant eye from those who walk its paths.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- El Yunque National Forest (National Forest) — 2.1 mi, 104° E · 29k acres
- Reserva Natural Las Piedras del Collado (State Conservation Area) — 3.5 mi, 331° NW
- Unknown Local Park (Local Park) — 4.7 mi, 199° S
- Area Recreativa Mirador Echevarria (Local Park) — 4.8 mi, 027° NE
- Reserva Nacional de Investigación Estuarina de Bahía de Jobos (State Conservation Area) — 5.7 mi, 188° S
- Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 5.7 mi, 188° S
- Bosque Estatal de Carite (State Resource Management Area) — 5.7 mi, 073° E
- Bosque Estatal de Aguirre (Marine Protected Area) — 5.7 mi, 184° S
- Parque Nacional Punta Guilarte (State Park) — 6.9 mi, 155° SE
- El Toro Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 27.7 mi, 056° NE · 10k acres
- Rio Mameyes, Puerto Rico Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 32.9 mi, 060° NE · 1,219 acres
- Vieques National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 41.4 mi, 085° E · 52k acres
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About This La Plena Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of La Plena, Puerto Rico. Coordinates: 18.04663, -66.204612. 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 Plena includes the ZIP code (4663), telephone area code (787, 939), county seat of Salinas 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. |
