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.
| City | Palmarejo |
| State | Puerto Rico (PR) |
| County | Ponce County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) |
| Latitude | 18.042186 |
| Longitude | -66.553228 |
| Density | N/A /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 00769 |
| Area Code | 787, 939 |
About Palmarejo, Puerto Rico
Palmarejo is a locality in Ponce 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 where the verdant intensity of the tropics meets the subtle, persistent erosion of time. It lies 4.5 miles east-northeast of Ponce, PR (from Ponce, PR: bearing 62°T), and is situated 1.8 miles northwest of Aguilita. To the north, the sharp, verdant rise of the Cuchilla de Monte Llano defines the horizon, casting long, bruised shadows over the basin of Quebrada Ausubo as the afternoon light wanes. The air here carries the faint, saline signature of the Caleta de Cabullones, carried inland by trade winds that stir the heavy leaves of the surrounding vegetation. Near the banks of the Río Guayo, the earth is dark and damp, supporting a dense, tangled growth that feels ancient and indifferent to the passing hours. While the sea remains a distant, shimmering presence—visible as a sliver of blue beyond the silhouette of Cayo Desgraciado—the immediate world is one of terrestrial rhythms, where the humidity clings to the skin like a warm, familiar weight.
Palmarejo anchors its daily life in the quiet intersections of a culture that has long balanced the agrarian legacy of the island with the modern necessity of progress. The local economy persists through a mosaic of small-scale agriculture and regional commerce, keeping the pace deliberate and tethered to the rising and setting of the sun. At the center of social activity, the Basketball serves as a focal point for the neighborhood, its court a stage for the kinetic energy of youth and the enduring traditions of local sport. Residents often traverse the Vereda Alcantarilla to reach higher ground, moving through a terrain that feels both sequestered and vast. Even with the lure of the distant coast or the deeper, cooler reaches of the interior near Lago El Guineo, Palmarejo maintains a distinct, self-contained character, defined by the steady, unadorned pulse of its people going about their lives beneath an expansive, sun-bleached sky.
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 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. |
