Tiburones Puerto Rico Map
Explore Tiburones, 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 Tiburones, Puerto Rico
How to Use This Tiburones, Puerto Rico Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Tiburones, 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 Tiburones.
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 | Tiburones |
| State | Puerto Rico (PR) |
| County | Barceloneta County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) |
| Latitude | 17.983855 |
| Longitude | -66.541005 |
| Population | 914 |
| Density | 1510.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 00617 |
| Area Code | 787, 939 |
About Tiburones, Puerto Rico
Tiburones is a locality in Barceloneta County, Puerto Rico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 914. The population density is 1510.1 people per km². Tiburones is located at 17.9839°N, 66.5410°W. It observes the Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) timezone. ZIP code: 00617.Tiburones occupies a verdant stretch of land where the humid, heavy air carries the salt-tinged promise of the distant Mar Chiquita. It lies 9.3 miles east-southeast of Arecibo, PR (from Arecibo, PR: bearing 108°T), and is situated 6.4 miles west-southwest of Tierras Nuevas Poniente. The landscape unfolds in a series of muted green elevations, characterized by the dense, tangled canopy of the Cambalache State Forest that brushes against the settlement’s eastern edge. A short distance away, the Río Grande de Manati carves a persistent path through the limestone, its current shaping the low-lying terrain before it meanders toward the sea. To the west, the horizon is anchored by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Cuchilla Buena Vista, while the immediate surroundings remain dominated by the dense growth of the Bosque Estatal de Cambalache, a terrain that feels ancient and undisturbed under the relentless tropical sun.
Tiburones maintains an economy tethered to the slow pulse of the land, where the remnants of agricultural traditions linger in the quiet routines of those who work the soil. The proximity to the forest and the nearby Quebrada Cimarrona informs the rhythm of daily life, emphasizing a connection to the cycles of rain and harvest that have defined this region for generations. Residents often look toward the northern coast or the interior, embodying the complex, dual sense of belonging common to those who live between the mountains and the shore. Whether tending to small plots or navigating the pathways toward the nearby island of Tres Hermanas, the people of Tiburones carry a steady, resilient temperament, shaped by a history that remains quietly etched into the surrounding limestone and the shaded, humid trails of the forest.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Parque Comunidad Arúz (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 043° NE
- Bosque Estatal de Guánica (State Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 208° SW
- Unknown Local Park (Local Park) — 2.5 mi, 017° N
- Caja de Muertos Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 4.1 mi, 150° SE
- Reserva Natural Isla Caja de Muertos (State Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 162° S
- Punta Petrona Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 9.2 mi, 103° E
- Bosque Estatal de Toro Negro (State Resource Management Area) — 11.2 mi, 360° N
- Bosque Estatal de Tres Picachos (State Resource Management Area) — 14.2 mi, 002° N
- El Yunque National Forest (National Forest) — 24.4 mi, 081° E · 29k acres
- Parque Nacional Punta Guilarte (State Park) — 25.0 mi, 097° E
- Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 40.6 mi, 270° W · 5,583 acres
- El Toro Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 49.3 mi, 066° NE · 10k acres
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About This Tiburones Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Tiburones, Puerto Rico. Coordinates: 17.983855, -66.541005. 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 Tiburones includes the ZIP code (00617), telephone area code (787, 939), county seat of Barceloneta 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. |
