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Monserrate Puerto Rico Map

Explore Monserrate, 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 Monserrate, Puerto Rico

How to Use This Monserrate, Puerto Rico Map

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

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	Monserrate
State	Puerto Rico (PR)
County	Luquillo County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico)

Latitude	17.98191
Longitude	-66.297668
Density	N/A /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	00985
Area Code	787, 939

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About Monserrate, Puerto Rico

Monserrate is a locality in Luquillo County, Puerto Rico, United States. Monserrate is located at 17.9819°N, 66.2977°W. It observes the Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) timezone. ZIP code: 00985.

Monserrate unfolds as a vibrant stretch of sand and sea where the horizon dissolves into the salt-heavy air of the Atlantic. It lies 6.3 miles northwest of Fajardo, PR (from Fajardo, PR: bearing 306°T), and is situated 1.0 miles west-northwest of Luquillo. Here, the landscape is defined by the Quebrada Mata de Plátano, a basin that cradles the earth before it spills toward the tide, while the nearby Río Pitahaya channels the runoff from the interior toward the coast. The light at dusk settles over the shoreline with a heavy, honeyed warmth, turning the water into a sheet of hammered copper that shifts rhythmically against the edge of Parque Balneario La Monseratte. Beyond the immediate shore, the distant silhouette of Cuchilla Naranjo anchors the inland view, a jagged reminder of the rugged terrain that keeps the island’s mountainous heart separate from the gentle, brine-washed flatness of the coast.

Monserrate thrives on a legacy of hospitality, its economy tethered to the ebb and flow of visitors drawn to the cooling respite of the beach. The proximity to the lush expanse of El Yunque National Forest brings a steady humidity, a reminder of the wilder, verdant world that exists only a few miles from the managed peace of the park. While the modern pulse of the locality is measured in the arrival of weekend travelers, the deeper history of the region remains tied to the sea, where the waters of Ensenada Comezón once guided sailors through the passage. The daily rhythm is punctuated by the sounds of the surf and the distant, cooling promise of Catarata Coca, ensuring that life in Monserrate remains anchored to the elemental forces of water and wind.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Unknown Local Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 093° E
Plaza Publica de Salinas (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 185° S
Reserva Nacional de Investigación Estuarina de Bahía de Jobos (State Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 135° SE
Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 3.1 mi, 135° SE
Punta Petrona Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 3.7 mi, 250° W
Reserva Natural Punta Petrona (State Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 251° W
El Yunque National Forest (National Forest) — 9.1 mi, 064° NE · 29k acres
Parque Nacional Punta Guilarte (State Park) — 9.2 mi, 107° E
Bosque Estatal de Carite (State Resource Management Area) — 13.0 mi, 065° NE
Bosque Estatal de Toro Negro (State Resource Management Area) — 17.6 mi, 318° NW
El Toro Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 35.3 mi, 056° NE · 10k acres
Vieques National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 48.0 mi, 080° E · 52k acres

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