Rafael González Puerto Rico Map
Explore Rafael González, 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 Rafael González, Puerto Rico
How to Use This Rafael González, Puerto Rico Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Rafael González, 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 Rafael González.
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 | Rafael González |
| State | Puerto Rico (PR) |
| County | Hatillo County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) |
| Latitude | 18.453373 |
| Longitude | -66.805518 |
| Population | 2,652 |
| Density | 2602.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Rafael González, Puerto Rico
Rafael González is a locality in Hatillo County, Puerto Rico, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,652. The population density is 2602.5 people per km². Rafael González is located at 18.4534°N, 66.8055°W. It observes the Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) timezone.Rafael González occupies a landscape where the dense, humid air of the tropics meets the subtle shift of inland terrain. It lies 6.0 miles west-southwest of Arecibo, PR (from Arecibo, PR: bearing 257°T), and is situated 8.8 miles east of Quebradillas. The earth here holds a deep, resonant quality, shaped by the passage of the Río Camuy, which carves a path through the limestone foundations just a mile away. To the north, the influence of Puerto Arecibo pulls at the horizon, while the terrain itself dips into the quiet basin of Quebrada Seca, a place where the light at dusk settles like heavy silk over the vegetation. Beyond the immediate fields, the silhouette of Monte Iguina rises as a distant anchor, grounding the view under a sky that shifts from bruised violet to an intense, bleached clarity.
Life in Rafael González moves with the deliberate pace of a place defined by its proximity to the soil and the sea. While the nearby running track provides a local center for physical activity and community gathering, the economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the island, echoing a history of agricultural labor that has slowly evolved into the modern patterns of the region. Residents maintain a dual sense of belonging, a quiet awareness of the wider world filtered through the lens of their specific geography, from the distant shoreline of Peñon Brusi to the deeper, shadowed reaches of the landscape. It is a place that does not demand attention, preferring to reveal its character in the way the morning mist clings to the lowlands and the steady, enduring persistence of those who call it home.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- running track (Local Park) — 2.3 mi, 032° NE
- Unknown Local Park (Local Park) — 2.6 mi, 346° N
- Forest Legacy Program acquisition - Finca Hernández Dairy (3) (State Conservation Area) — 4.9 mi, 152° SE
- Cavernas del Río Camuy (State Park) — 7.2 mi, 189° S
- Caño Tiburones Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 7.5 mi, 081° E
- Reserva Natural Caño Tiburones (State Conservation Area) — 7.8 mi, 080° E
- Bosque Estatal de Río Abajo (State Resource Management Area) — 8.2 mi, 143° SE
- Bosque Estatal de Guajataca (State Resource Management Area) — 10.0 mi, 257° W
- Cueva del Indio Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 10.9 mi, 077° E
- El Yunque National Forest (National Forest) — 17.9 mi, 104° E · 29k acres
- Laguna Cartagena National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.5 mi, 212° SW · 540 acres
- Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.9 mi, 216° SW · 5,583 acres
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About This Rafael González Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rafael González, Puerto Rico. Coordinates: 18.453373, -66.805518. 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 Rafael González includes the ZIP code, telephone area code, county seat of Hatillo 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. |
