Santa Clara Puerto Rico Map

About Santa Clara, Puerto Rico

Santa Clara is a locality in Cidra County, Puerto Rico, United States. Santa Clara is located at 18.1966°N, 65.9710°W. It observes the Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) timezone. ZIP code: 00703.

Santa Clara commands a quiet authority over the interior landscape, its terrain defined by the steady, persistent carve of the Río Sabana as it cuts through the earth. It lies 4.1 miles north-northeast of Cayey, PR (from Cayey, PR: bearing 16°T), and is situated 8.0 miles southwest of Caguas. The topography here is rugged and unforgiving, characterized by deep, shadowed creases like the nearby Quebrada Prieta that channel the seasonal rains into the lower basin. To the distance, the jagged, hazy silhouette of Monte Llano rises against the sky, anchoring the horizon and providing a constant, silent contrast to the low-lying verdure. The light in Santa Clara has a heavy, golden quality at dusk, turning the dust of the unpaved tracks into a fine, suspended amber that lingers long after the sun has dipped behind the ridge.

History in Santa Clara is written in the stubborn persistence of the inland soil and the long-standing agricultural traditions that have sustained generations of families. While the local economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the land, the presence of the Unknown Local Park serves as a quiet sanctuary for the residents who move between the demands of their labor and the stillness of the afternoon. The proximity of the Represa de Comerío offers a different, more static geography, where the water holds the reflection of the clouds in a perfect, glass-like stillness. Those who seek to traverse the wider region often look toward the El Rada Trail, a path that links the isolated homesteads to the broader, untamed geography of the interior, reinforcing a sense of belonging to a place that remains indifferent to the reach of the distant world.

About This Santa Clara Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Santa Clara, Puerto Rico. Coordinates: 18.196624, -65.970997. 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 Santa Clara includes the ZIP code (00703), telephone area code (787, 939), county seat of Cidra 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.