Palomas Puerto Rico Map
Explore Palomas, 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 Palomas, Puerto Rico
How to Use This Palomas, Puerto Rico Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Palomas, 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 Palomas.
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 | Palomas |
| State | Puerto Rico (PR) |
| County | Yauco County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) |
| Latitude | 18.232456 |
| Longitude | -66.25628 |
| Population | 1,207 |
| Density | 831.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 00782 |
| Area Code | 787, 939 |
About Palomas, Puerto Rico
Palomas is a locality in Yauco County, Puerto Rico, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,207. The population density is 831.9 people per km². Palomas is located at 18.2325°N, 66.2563°W. It observes the Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) timezone. ZIP code: 00782.Palomas anchors itself against the rugged, sun-bleached earth where the Río Loco carves a persistent path through the landscape. It lies 2.1 miles southwest of Yauco, PR (from Yauco, PR: bearing 226°T), and is situated 7.2 miles southeast of Sabana Grande. The terrain here transitions from the deep, protected greenery of the Bosque Estatal de Guánica into the arid, scrub-filled expanse of the Quebrada Susúa, creating a topography that feels both ancient and unyielding. To the north, the sharp, serrated silhouettes of the Montes de Barina rise against the sky, while the air carries a dry, mineral heat that softens only when the breeze shifts from the direction of the Bahía de la Ballena. Light in this corner of the world possesses a particular, honeyed quality at dusk, turning the dust of the valley into a fine, shimmering gold that clings to the dry stalks of the brush.
History in Palomas remains tethered to the slow, deliberate work of the land, where generations have learned to cultivate life from a soil that demands patience. The local economy relies on a quiet resilience, with residents finding their rhythm through small-scale agriculture and the stewardship of the surrounding natural preserves. The proximity to the Bosque Estatal de Guánica invites a steady, observant kind of tourism, as hikers trace the Cobanas Trail to witness the rare, resilient flora that defines this unique ecological corridor. Life moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, far removed from the frantic pulse of the northern coasts, anchored instead by the distant, hazy outline of Isla Ballena and the memory of water that occasionally courses through the riverbed after the rains have long since departed.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Baseball field and sports (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 265° W
- Área Natural Protegida Cañón Las Bocas (State Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 227° SW
- Unknown Local Park (Local Park) — 2.1 mi, 039° NE
- Bosque Estatal de Monte Choca (State Resource Management Area) — 4.0 mi, 327° NW
- Refugio de Vida Silvestre Lago La Plata (State Conservation Area) — 6.5 mi, 014° N
- Bosque Estatal de Carite (State Resource Management Area) — 12.6 mi, 123° SE
- El Yunque National Forest (National Forest) — 13.5 mi, 154° SE · 29k acres
- Laguna Tortuguero Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 18.2 mi, 324° NW
- Punta Petrona Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 19.6 mi, 198° S
- Parque Nacional Punta Guilarte (State Park) — 20.1 mi, 162° S
- El Toro Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 26.6 mi, 084° E · 10k acres
- Vieques National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 45.2 mi, 100° E · 52k acres
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About This Palomas Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Palomas, Puerto Rico. Coordinates: 18.232456, -66.25628. 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 Palomas includes the ZIP code (00782), telephone area code (787, 939), county seat of Yauco 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. |
