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Palmarejo Puerto Rico Map

Explore Palmarejo, 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 Palmarejo, Puerto Rico

How to Use This Palmarejo, Puerto Rico Map

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

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.

CityPalmarejo
StatePuerto Rico (PR)
CountyCoamo County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneAtlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico)
Latitude18.042186
Longitude-66.553228
DensityN/A /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code00769
Area Code787, 939

About Palmarejo, Puerto Rico

Palmarejo is a locality in Coamo County, Puerto Rico, United States. Palmarejo is located at 18.0422°N, 66.5532°W. It observes the Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) timezone. ZIP code: 00769.

Palmarejo unfolds across a landscape defined by the deliberate, steady movement of the Río Cuyón as it carves through the earth toward the Quebrada de Los Panes. It lies 10.9 miles west-southwest of Cayey, PR (from Cayey, PR: bearing 254°T), and is situated 2.3 miles east-southeast of Coamo. The air here carries a heavy, humid weight, catching the scent of damp soil and the sharp, metallic tang of distant salt spray traveling from the Bahía de Rincón. To the horizon, the jagged silhouette of Las Piedras Chiquitas rises against the sky, grounding the view in a permanent, stony stillness that contrasts with the lush, tropical growth clinging to the lower elevations. Sunlight at dusk settles over the fields in a thick, amber wash, turning the dust of the unpaved paths into a fine, glowing powder that coats the boots of those walking home.

Palmarejo keeps a quiet ledger of its own evolution, marked by the remnants of agricultural cycles that once dictated the pulse of every household. While the modern economy has shifted, the rhythm of daily life remains tethered to the land, punctuated by the occasional visit to the Unknown Local Park where the shade offers a brief reprieve from the unrelenting afternoon heat. The people here navigate a dual existence, balancing the immediate demands of their local work with an awareness of the wider world, an orientation that feels as natural as the seasonal shifts in the vegetation. It is a place where the proximity to the distant Isla Puerca is felt more as a suggestion of the sea than a physical presence, creating a distinct sense of isolation that is neither lonely nor complete, but simply the way the land chooses to hold itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Athletic Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 142° SE
  • Unknown Local Park (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 129° SE
  • Bosque Estatal de Cerrillos (State Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 328° NW
  • Bosque Estatal de Guánica (State Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 180° S
  • Bosque Estatal de Toro Negro (State Resource Management Area) — 7.2 mi, 005° N
  • Caja de Muertos Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 8.0 mi, 150° SE
  • Bosque Estatal de Tres Picachos (State Resource Management Area) — 10.3 mi, 007° N
  • Punta Petrona Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 11.5 mi, 122° SE
  • El Yunque National Forest (National Forest) — 24.2 mi, 003° N · 29k acres
  • Laguna Cartagena National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.1 mi, 266° W · 540 acres
  • Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 40.0 mi, 264° W · 5,583 acres
  • El Toro Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 48.6 mi, 071° E · 10k acres

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About This Palmarejo Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Palmarejo, Puerto Rico. Coordinates: 18.042186, -66.553228. 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 Palmarejo includes the ZIP code (00769), telephone area code (787, 939), county seat of Coamo 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.