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Patillas Puerto Rico Map

Explore Patillas, 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 Patillas, Puerto Rico

How to Use This Patillas, Puerto Rico Map

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

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	Patillas
State	Puerto Rico (PR)
County	Patillas County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico)

Latitude	18.006354
Longitude	-66.015719
Population	2,979
Density	970.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	00723
Area Code	787, 939

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About Patillas, Puerto Rico

Patillas is a locality in Patillas County, Puerto Rico, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,979. The population density is 970.6 people per km². Patillas is located at 18.0064°N, 66.0157°W. It observes the Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) timezone. ZIP code: 00723.

Patillas emerges from the humid verdure of the southeastern coast, defined by the persistent, rhythmic passage of the Río Chico that carves through the earth toward the horizon. It lies 6.6 miles east-northeast of Guayama, PR (from Guayama, PR: bearing 77°T), and is situated 4.1 miles northeast of Arroyo. The landscape here is a study in verticality and water, where the air holds a heavy, salt-sweet moisture carried inland from the nearby Puerto Patillas. To the north, the terrain gathers into the jagged, emerald rise of the Sierra de Guardarraya, which anchors the view and traps the low-hanging clouds against the slopes. Only a mile away, the surface of Lago Patillas mirrors the dense, shifting canopy of the surrounding hills, acting as a cool, still counterpoint to the restless movement of the river. The soil in the Quebrada Mamey Chiquita basin remains dark and fertile, cradling the moisture that sustains the thick, tropical growth characteristic of this geography.

Patillas maintains a quiet, deliberate pace, anchored at its center by the Plaza Pública de Patillas Adelina Cintrón, where the daily life of the residents circulates beneath the shade of mature trees. The economy has long been tethered to the rhythms of the land, moving from the historical foundations of agrarian labor to a contemporary reliance on local commerce and the steady pulse of the regional harvest. Evidence of the past remains in the way the streets radiate from the plaza, a spatial arrangement that speaks to the Spanish colonial influence that shaped the early settlement. Those seeking the wilder edges of the terrain often travel toward the Charco Azul Trail, finding a rugged transition between the manicured gardens of the settlement and the dense, untamed interior. Even with the modernization of the local infrastructure, the identity of Patillas remains inseparable from the proximity of its water sources and the distant, protective presence of the mountain range that shields it from the northern winds.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Plaza Pública de Patillas Adelina Cintrón (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 097° E
Unknown Local Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 341° N
Reserva Natural Humedal de Punta Vientos (State Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 138° SE
Arrecifes de Guayama Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 4.0 mi, 174° S
Bosque Estatal de Carite (State Resource Management Area) — 4.4 mi, 000° N
Reserva Natural Manglar de Punta Tuna (State Conservation Area) — 8.5 mi, 097° E
Parque Nacional Punta Guilarte (State Park) — 9.7 mi, 250° W
El Yunque National Forest (National Forest) — 10.0 mi, 286° W · 29k acres
Punta Yegüas Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 11.3 mi, 090° E
El Toro Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 20.8 mi, 032° NE · 10k acres
Rio Icacos, Puerto Rico Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 23.1 mi, 040° NE · 708 acres
Vieques National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.5 mi, 077° E · 52k acres

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