Parcelas Peñuelas Puerto Rico Map

About Parcelas Peñuelas, Puerto Rico

Parcelas Peñuelas is a locality in Santa Isabel County, Puerto Rico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 854. The population density is 657.1 people per km². Parcelas Peñuelas is located at 17.9816°N, 66.3949°W. It observes the Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) timezone. ZIP code: 34128.

Parcelas Peñuelas maintains a quiet presence upon the southern landscape, where the air holds the dry, salt-tinged weight of the Caribbean. It lies 8.8 miles east-southeast of Juana Díaz, PR (from Juana Díaz, PR: bearing 123°T), and is situated 7.2 miles south-southwest of Coamo. The terrain here transitions from the flat, sun-baked earth toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Cerro del Muerto, which guards the horizon like a silent sentinel. A mile to the west, the Río Coamo carves a path through the dust, its waters often sluggish beneath the relentless intensity of the tropical sun. Only two miles distant, the Bahía de Jauca hums with the pulse of the tides, sending a faint, rhythmic breeze that stirs the palms and cools the heat-soaked pavement of the streets. Beyond the shoreline, the dark, jagged outline of Isla Puerca sits anchored in the blue, a constant reminder of the proximity to the deep, shifting currents of the sea.

Economic life in Parcelas Peñuelas remains tied to the slow, deliberate rhythms of the southern coast, shifting between the remnants of older agricultural traditions and the modern necessity of local trade. Residents often congregate near the Parque Luis Cruz, a modest space that serves as the neighborhood anchor, where the shade of trees offers a momentary refuge from the mid-afternoon glare. The history of the area is not found in grand monuments, but in the enduring resilience of those who have cultivated this soil despite the scarcity of rain. While the pace of the day is dictated by the light, there is a distinct sense of belonging to this specific stretch of land, a place that feels distant from the interior mountain coffee country yet tethered to the expansive horizon of the bay.

About This Parcelas Peñuelas Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Parcelas Peñuelas, Puerto Rico. Coordinates: 17.981588, -66.394874. 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 Parcelas Peñuelas includes the ZIP code (34128), telephone area code, county seat of Santa Isabel County, and school district assignment.

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.