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Santa María Puerto Rico Map

Explore Santa María, 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 Santa María, Puerto Rico

How to Use This Santa María, Puerto Rico Map

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

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

Latitude	18.129314
Longitude	-65.464737
Density	N/A /km²
Incorporated	N/A

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About Santa María, Puerto Rico

Santa María is a locality in Vieques County, Puerto Rico, United States. Santa María is located at 18.1293°N, 65.4647°W. It observes the Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) timezone.

Santa María occupies a landscape where the earth rises in quiet, unassuming swells toward the peak of Cerro Martineau, just a mile from the reach of the tides. It lies 18.3 miles southeast of Fajardo, PR (from Fajardo, PR: bearing 138°T), and is situated 1.8 miles southwest of Vieques. The air here holds a consistent, humid weight, carrying the salt-tinged breath of the Puerto de Vieques toward the interior, where the land dips into the shaded depression of Quebrada Cofi. At dusk, the light softens into a bruised violet, casting long, lean shadows across the coastal scrub and the rugged paths that lead toward the protected waters of the Bahías Bioluminiscentes de Vieques Natural Reserve. Far to the south, the silhouette of Cayo de Tierra breaks the horizon, a dark anchor in the expanse of blue that defines the edge of the world for those who dwell upon these shores.

Santa María maintains a pace dictated by the seasonal shifts of the tropical climate, a rhythm far removed from the frantic pulse of the northern mainland. The local economy persists in a state of quiet resilience, tethered to the sea and the small-scale cultivation that has sustained families for generations, even as the distant waters of the Río Demajagua flow toward the sea far to the west. History here is felt in the texture of the soil and the endurance of the architecture, which stands as a silent witness to the island’s long, complex heritage of trade and transition. Life in Santa María is defined by this persistent sense of being at once anchored to the soil and perpetually oriented toward the expansive, shimmering uncertainty of the open water.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Bahías Bioluminiscentes de Vieques Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 1.3 mi, 147° SE
Reserva Natural de las Bahías Bioluminiscentes de Vieques (State Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 148° SE
Vieques National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 1.8 mi, 107° E · 52k acres
Parque Nacional Sun Bay (State Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 181° S
Luis Munoz Rivera Plaza (Local Park) — 2.0 mi, 048° NE
Unknown Local Park (Local Park) — 2.2 mi, 195° S
Culebra National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.4 mi, 026° NE · 4,316 acres
Punta Yegüas Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 14.5 mi, 241° SW
El Yunque National Forest (National Forest) — 19.7 mi, 298° NW · 29k acres
Rio Mameyes, Puerto Rico Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 22.3 mi, 300° NW · 1,219 acres
El Toro Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 23.1 mi, 295° NW · 10k acres
Virgin Islands National Park (National Park) — 37.2 mi, 068° E · 28k acres

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