Mucarabones Puerto Rico Map
Explore Mucarabones, 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 Mucarabones, Puerto Rico
How to Use This Mucarabones, Puerto Rico Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Mucarabones, 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 Mucarabones.
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 | Mucarabones |
| State | Puerto Rico (PR) |
| County | Toa Alta County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) |
| Latitude | 18.390782 |
| Longitude | -66.216001 |
| Population | 1,228 |
| Density | 1675.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 00951 |
| Area Code | 787, 939 |
About Mucarabones, Puerto Rico
Mucarabones is a locality in Toa Alta County, Puerto Rico, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,228. The population density is 1675.0 people per km². Mucarabones is located at 18.3908°N, 66.2160°W. It observes the Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) timezone. ZIP code: 00951.Mucarabones unfolds across a landscape defined by the persistent, rhythmic passage of the Río Bucarabones, which carves a path through the verdant earth less than a mile from the center of the locality. It lies 1.0 miles south-southwest of Candelaria, PR (from Candelaria, PR: bearing 207°T), and is situated 8.9 miles southwest of San Juan. The terrain here transitions from the low-lying moisture of the Quebrada Escarcha valley toward a horizon where the distant Montañas de Corozal rise like jagged, violet ink-stains against the tropical sky. Humidity clings to the foliage of the local wet-dry forest, softening the edges of the Unknown Local Park where the afternoon light settles in thick, golden pools. While the distant salt air from the Ensenada de Boca Vieja occasionally drifts inland, the immediate atmosphere remains anchored to the scent of damp soil and the sound of water moving over ancient, sun-bleached stones.
Mucarabones maintains a quiet endurance, its character shaped by a history of agricultural labor that once centered on the surrounding fields and the patient cultivation of the land. Small-scale commerce and the rhythms of daily life circulate through the neighborhood, far removed from the bustling crowds that might gather at the Paseo del Morro or the more manicured surroundings of the Lagos de Levitttown. The people here possess a deep, unspoken connection to the geography, a Boricua sense of belonging that bridges the space between the immediate, tangible earth of the valley and the broader, shifting currents of life beyond these hills. Even as the sun dips toward the Isla de las Palomas in the west, the pace of the day remains steady, marked by the simple, enduring utility of the land and the quiet resilience of those who dwell upon it.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Unknown Local Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 139° SE
- Parque Santa Elena (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 097° E
- Refugio de Vida Silvestre Lago La Plata (State Conservation Area) — 3.5 mi, 201° S
- Finca Vizcarrondo (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 200° S
- Bosque Estatal de Vega (State Resource Management Area) — 6.8 mi, 277° W
- Caño Martín Peña Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 8.9 mi, 070° E
- Pantano Cibuco Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 11.5 mi, 301° NW
- El Yunque National Forest (National Forest) — 20.9 mi, 272° W · 29k acres
- El Toro Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 25.1 mi, 108° E · 10k acres
- Rio Icacos, Puerto Rico Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 28.6 mi, 104° E · 708 acres
- Rio Mameyes, Puerto Rico Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 30.1 mi, 104° E · 1,219 acres
- Vieques National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 45.9 mi, 114° SE · 52k acres
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About This Mucarabones Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mucarabones, Puerto Rico. Coordinates: 18.390782, -66.216001. 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 Mucarabones includes the ZIP code (00951), telephone area code (787, 939), county seat of Toa Alta 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. |
