Peña Pobre Puerto Rico Map
Explore Peña Pobre, 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 Peña Pobre, Puerto Rico
How to Use This Peña Pobre, Puerto Rico Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Peña Pobre, 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 Peña Pobre.
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 | Peña Pobre |
| State | Puerto Rico (PR) |
| County | Naguabo County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) |
| Latitude | 18.220284 |
| Longitude | -65.815249 |
| Population | 1,009 |
| Density | 1328.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Peña Pobre, Puerto Rico
Peña Pobre is a locality in Naguabo County, Puerto Rico, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,009. The population density is 1328.4 people per km². Peña Pobre is located at 18.2203°N, 65.8152°W. It observes the Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) timezone.Peña Pobre emerges from the landscape as a collection of modest dwellings gathered near the slopes of Cerro la Cuchilla, where the air remains heavy with the scent of damp earth and verdant growth. It lies 4.9 miles north of Humacao, PR (from Humacao, PR: bearing 9°T), and is situated 7.0 miles east of Juncos. The terrain here is defined by the steep, green descent of the Quebrada Colorada, which carves a narrow passage through the land before the waters eventually find their way toward the distant shimmer of the Puerto de Humacao. Sunlight filters through the dense canopy of El Yunque National Forest, casting long, shifting shadows that soften the edges of the rugged topography. The nearby Río Blanco provides a steady, rhythmic presence in the valley, its waters moving with a deliberate urgency that dictates the slow, quiet pace of the day.
Peña Pobre maintains a character shaped by the intersection of the rugged interior and the coastal influence that defines the wider region. Residents find respite in the quiet confines of the Unknown Local Park, a space that anchors the daily life of the neighborhood and serves as a quiet witness to the passage of time. While the local economy remains modest, the spirit of the people is tied to the land and the distant, cooling breezes that arrive from the direction of Bajo Evelyn. Life here is marked by the simple patterns of work and family, an existence that feels both anchored to the soil and open to the vast, humid horizon that stretches beyond the reach of the Recreacion Nacional Sendero de las Vientos.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Unknown Local Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 229° SW
- El Yunque National Forest (National Forest) — 2.0 mi, 343° N · 29k acres
- Luquillo Experimental Forest (Recreation Easement) — 2.0 mi, 351° N
- El Toro Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 2.1 mi, 352° N · 10k acres
- Parque Pueblito del Río (Local Park) — 2.9 mi, 279° W
- Rio Icacos, Puerto Rico Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 3.4 mi, 032° NE · 708 acres
- El Pantano, Bosque de Pterocarpus y Lagunas Mandry y Santa Teresa Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 3.8 mi, 135° SE
- RN Pantano Bosque Pterocarpus Lagunas Mandry y Sta Teresa Humacao (State Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 148° SE
- Bano De Oro Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 5.1 mi, 032° NE
- Rio Mameyes, Puerto Rico Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 5.3 mi, 034° NE · 1,219 acres
- Río Espíritu Santo Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 11.2 mi, 360° N
- Vieques National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.1 mi, 114° SE · 52k acres
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About This Peña Pobre Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Peña Pobre, Puerto Rico. Coordinates: 18.220284, -65.815249. 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 Peña Pobre includes the ZIP code, telephone area code, county seat of Naguabo 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. |
