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Peñuelas Puerto Rico Map

Explore Peñuelas, 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 Peñuelas, Puerto Rico

How to Use This Peñuelas, Puerto Rico Map

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

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

Latitude	17.981588
Longitude	-66.394874
Density	N/A /km²
Incorporated	N/A

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About Peñuelas, Puerto Rico

Peñuelas is a locality in Santa Isabel County, Puerto Rico, United States. Peñuelas is located at 17.9816°N, 66.3949°W. It observes the Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) timezone.

Peñuelas occupies a rugged stretch of land where the earth rises sharply toward the silhouette of Cerro del Muerto. 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 landscape is defined by the steady, southward pull of the Río Coamo, which carves a path through the terrain toward the shimmering horizon of the Bahía de Jauca. Here, the air holds a heavy, salt-sweet moisture, and the light at dusk settles in long, bruised purples over the dry scrub and heat-baked soil. Residents find respite in the quiet green of Parque Luis Cruz, a space that offers a brief reprieve from the sun-drenched intensity of the surrounding slopes. Beyond the immediate reach of the shore, the dark shape of Isla Puerca hangs suspended in the distance, anchoring the view toward the salt-sprayed edge of the world.

Peñuelas carries the weight of a long agricultural legacy, having once relied heavily on the cycles of the sugar cane harvest and the rhythmic labor of the mill. While the economy has shifted toward newer industrial foundations, the town retains a character forged by the persistence of those who worked the valley floors and the lower, sun-beaten hills. Life here moves with a deliberate pace, punctuated by the seasonal shifts that dictate the flow of the Río Coamo and the changing intensity of the tropical light. Even as modern demands reshape the local landscape, the spirit of the place remains tethered to the land and the distant, constant pull of the tides. Far from the dense, forested reaches of the island, the environment retains a spare, resilient quality, standing as a testament to the endurance of its people against the heat and the wind.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Parque Luis Cruz (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 229° SW
Unknown Local Park (Local Park) — 1.4 mi, 201° S
Punta Petrona Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 2.1 mi, 193° S
Reserva Natural Punta Petrona (State Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 146° SE
Caja de Muertos Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 3.1 mi, 222° SW
Reserva Natural Isla Caja de Muertos (State Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 229° SW
Bosque Estatal de Toro Negro (State Resource Management Area) — 14.1 mi, 337° NW
El Yunque National Forest (National Forest) — 15.1 mi, 075° E · 29k acres
Parque Nacional Punta Guilarte (State Park) — 15.5 mi, 100° E
Bosque Estatal de Tres Picachos (State Resource Management Area) — 16.5 mi, 332° NW
El Toro Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 40.8 mi, 061° NE · 10k acres
Vieques National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 54.3 mi, 081° E · 52k acres

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