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Vayas Puerto Rico Map

Explore Vayas, 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 Vayas, Puerto Rico

How to Use This Vayas, Puerto Rico Map

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

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

Latitude	18.052186
Longitude	-66.584062
Population	497
Density	721.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	00733
Area Code	787, 939

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About Vayas, Puerto Rico

Vayas is a locality in Ponce County, Puerto Rico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 497. The population density is 721.3 people per km². Vayas is located at 18.0522°N, 66.5841°W. It observes the Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) timezone. ZIP code: 00733.

Vayas reveals itself through the steady, rhythmic pulse of the Río Cerrillos, which carves a path through the landscape as if measuring the very slow passage of the day. It lies 3.5 miles northeast of Ponce, PR (from Ponce, PR: bearing 35°T), and is situated 3.8 miles west-northwest of Aguilita. The terrain here is defined by the deep, verdant incision of Quebrada Ausubo, where the earth drops away in sharp, humid creases that catch the afternoon heat. Looking toward the horizon, the jagged silhouette of the Cuchilla de Monte Llano rises against the sky, a constant, silent observer of the valleys below. The atmosphere carries the heavy, sweet scent of damp soil and sun-warmed brush, and even at a distance of six miles, the air retains a faint, salty salinity that drifts inland from the Caleta de Cabullones.

Vayas maintains a quiet, industrious character, anchored by the nearby presence of Parque Luis Antonio "Wito" Morales Crespo, a space that serves as a quiet lungs for the local inhabitants. The economy has long been tethered to the rhythms of the land, with the nearby Vereda Alcantarilla offering a passage for those who work the soil or seek the shade of the deeper inland reaches. History in Vayas is not written in grand monuments but in the persistent, daily labor of the people who navigate the slopes and the proximity to the distant shimmer of Cayo Desgraciado. Life moves with a deliberate, unforced cadence, shaped by the influence of the nearby highlands and the enduring, tropical sun that defines the cycle of growth and harvest.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Parque Luis Antonio "Wito" Morales Crespo (Local Park) — 1.4 mi, 018° N
Unknown Local Park (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 230° SW
Bosque Estatal de Cerrillos (State Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 010° N
Bosque Estatal de Guánica (State Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 181° S
Bosque Estatal de Toro Negro (State Resource Management Area) — 6.3 mi, 003° N
Caja de Muertos Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 9.6 mi, 150° SE
Bosque Estatal de Tres Picachos (State Resource Management Area) — 10.0 mi, 019° N
Punta Petrona Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 13.6 mi, 120° SE
El Yunque National Forest (National Forest) — 23.7 mi, 008° N · 29k acres
Laguna Cartagena National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.1 mi, 265° W · 540 acres
Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 38.1 mi, 262° W · 5,583 acres
El Toro Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 50.3 mi, 073° E · 10k acres

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