Explore Monte Verde, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Monte Verde, 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 Monte Verde.
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 | Monte Verde |
| State | Puerto Rico (PR) |
| County | Ponce County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) |
| Latitude | 38.794595 |
| Longitude | -106.534838 |
| Population | 19 |
| Density | 18.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| Area Code | 787, 939 |
Monte Verde rises from the verdant, rugged terrain where the steep slopes of Cerro del Diablo cast long, cooling shadows across the lower canopy. It lies 6.0 miles north of Ponce, PR (from Ponce, PR: bearing 357°T), and is situated 8.1 miles west-northwest of Juana Díaz. The air here carries a persistent, humid weight, heavy with the scent of damp earth and the constant, rhythmic churn of the Río Bayagán as it carves its path through the landscape. To the north, the protected corridors of the Bosque Estatal de Cerrillos offer a dense, tangled expanse of green, while the distant, shimmering blue of Ponce Harbor remains a mere suggestion on the horizon, separated from the high ground by miles of undulating earth. Travelers moving through the area often find the light at dusk turns a singular, bruised purple, refracting off the moisture in the air to bathe the ridges of Quebrada La Mocha in an ethereal, fading glow that seems to pull the very spirit of the island into the stillness of the evening.
Monte Verde sustains a quiet, deliberate pace of life, anchored by a legacy of agrarian labor that continues to shape the character of those who reside here. While the local economy has transitioned away from the intensive harvests of the past, the influence of the surrounding mountain coffee country remains evident in the careful cultivation of small, private plots and the lingering habits of a community accustomed to working with the land. The proximity to the Bosque Estatal de Guilarte provides a backdrop of preserved wilderness, a reminder of the vast, untamed interior that once defined the region’s isolation. Residents often navigate their daily errands with a focus that ignores the distant pull of the Gata Islets or the allure of the coast, preferring the familiar, steep inclines of Vereda Alcantarilla or the steady, reliable flow of the local water tables. Life in Monte Verde moves with a internal gravity, a sense of belonging to these high, secluded reaches that exists quite apart from the bustle of the larger ports or the crowded, low-lying plains.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Monte Verde, Puerto Rico. Coordinates: 38.794595, -106.534838. 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 Monte Verde includes the ZIP code, telephone area code (787, 939), county seat of Ponce 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. |