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Tibes Puerto Rico Map

Explore Tibes, 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 Tibes, Puerto Rico

How to Use This Tibes, Puerto Rico Map

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

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.

CityTibes
StatePuerto Rico (PR)
CountyPonce County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneAtlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico)
Latitude38.794595
Longitude-106.534838
Population37
Density34.5 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
Area Code787, 939

About Tibes, Puerto Rico

Tibes is a locality in Ponce County, Puerto Rico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 37. The population density is 34.5 people per km². Tibes is located at 38.7946°N, 106.5348°W. It observes the Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) timezone.

Tibes anchors itself within a landscape where the earth rises in quiet, emerald swells toward the steep profile of Cerro del Diablo. It lies 5.5 miles north-northwest of Ponce, PR (from Ponce, PR: bearing 347°T), and is situated 8.7 miles west-northwest of Juana Díaz. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness, broken only by the rhythmic passage of the Río Cañas as it carves a path through the verdant lowlands. Beyond the immediate rise of the terrain, the land stretches toward the distant, shimmering expanse of Ponce Harbor, though the salt-laden breeze is softened by the interior distance. Vegetation thrives in the intense, golden light of the tropics, with the nearby Bosque Estatal de Cerrillos providing a dense, protective canopy that anchors the local ecosystem against the encroaching heat.

Tibes preserves the echoes of an ancient past, where the stone plazas of the ceremonial site serve as a silent lexicon of the indigenous cultures that first gathered by these waters. While the modern economy moves with the steady pulse of regional commerce, the rhythm of life remains tethered to the soil and the legacy of ancestral trade. Travelers often find their way toward the Vereda Alcantarilla to trace the contours of the land, moving away from the bustle of the coast and toward the sheltered quiet of the interior. The influence of the Bosque Estatal de Guilarte hangs over the horizon like a dark, cooling promise, reminding all who traverse the region that Tibes exists in a delicate, enduring balance between the memory of the ancients and the slow, persistent growth of the present day.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Gunnison National Forest (National Forest) — locality lies within · 1.7M acres
  • Fossil Ridge Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 4.0 mi, 229° SW · 32k acres
  • Cross Mountain Summit (Viewpoint) — 4.4 mi, 224° SW
  • Fossil Ridge Recreation Management Area (Recreation Area) — 4.7 mi, 178° S
  • Collegiate Peaks Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 5.7 mi, 049° NE · 166k acres
  • San Isabel National Forest (National Forest) — 6.1 mi, 081° E · 1.1M acres
  • Pieplant Mill (Historic Ruins) — 10.0 mi, 352° N
  • St. Elmo Town Hall & Jail (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 122° SE
  • American House Hotel Parlor (Museum) — 12.0 mi, 122° SE
  • Evans Firewall & Savard Building (Museum) — 12.0 mi, 122° SE
  • Hancock (Historic Ruins) — 14.2 mi, 139° SE
  • Columbine Mine (Attraction) — 18.5 mi, 031° NE
  • Arkansas River Segment 1 (Wild & Scenic River) — 21.3 mi, 047° NE · 11k acres
  • Interlaken (Attraction) — 22.0 mi, 027° NE
  • Arkansas Headwaters (State Park) — 22.3 mi, 041° NE
  • Arkansas River Segment 2 (Wild & Scenic River) — 22.4 mi, 081° E · 9,275 acres
  • Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area - BLM Site (State Park) — 22.4 mi, 040° NE
  • Ashcroft Ghost Town (Attraction) — 23.0 mi, 322° NW
  • Knight and Dragon (Public Artwork) — 24.4 mi, 282° W
  • The Squeeze (Attraction) — 24.6 mi, 090° E
  • Trailhead Children's Museum (Museum) — 24.6 mi, 282° W
  • Redline Gallery (Gallery) — 24.7 mi, 282° W
  • Shaun Horne Gallery (Gallery) — 24.7 mi, 282° W
  • Artisan Rug (Gallery) — 24.8 mi, 282° W
  • Browns Canyon National Monument (National Monument) — 25.1 mi, 096° E · 43k acres
  • Browns Canyon Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 25.4 mi, 097° E · 7,460 acres
  • Pioneer Museum (Museum) — 26.9 mi, 230° SW
  • Maroon Bells Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 30.5 mi, 314° NW
  • Irwin Cemetery (Monument) — 30.7 mi, 277° W
  • Camp Hale - Continental Divide National Monument (National Monument) — 41.0 mi, 017° N · 54k acres

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About This Tibes Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Tibes, Puerto Rico. Coordinates: 38.794595, -106.534838. 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 Tibes includes the ZIP code, telephone area code (787, 939), county seat of Ponce 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.