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Vázquez Puerto Rico Map

Explore Vázquez, 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 Vázquez, Puerto Rico

How to Use This Vázquez, Puerto Rico Map

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

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

Latitude	17.989249
Longitude	-66.269236
Population	1,797
Density	474.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A

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About Vázquez, Puerto Rico

Vázquez is a locality in Salinas County, Puerto Rico, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,797. The population density is 474.1 people per km². Vázquez is located at 17.9892°N, 66.2692°W. It observes the Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) timezone.

Vázquez rises from the low, sun-drenched plains where the horizon is defined by the silhouette of Cerro Modesto and the distant, shimmering expanse of the Bahía de Rincón. It lies 10.2 miles west of Guayama, PR (from Guayama, PR: bearing 272°T), and is situated 8.6 miles southeast of Coamo. The terrain here is shaped by the steady, life-giving pulse of the Río Nigua, which carves a path through the earth just a mile from the center, feeding the arid soil and cooling the air when the trade winds falter. To the south, the landscape yields to the protected stillness of the Parque de Salinas, a sanctuary where the land meets the salt-heavy breeze of the coast. In the amber light of late afternoon, the shadows stretch long and thin across the Quebrada Honda, turning the dry grasses into a sea of muted gold that seems to hold the very heat of the day in its fibers.

Vázquez maintains a quiet, enduring rhythm that reflects a long history of agricultural labor and the resilience of those who have worked these fields for generations. The local economy remains tethered to the patterns of the land, with small-scale cultivation and the influence of nearby salt production shaping the daily habits of its residents. While Cayo Mata sits as a silent sentinel off the coast, the people of Vázquez look toward the interior, where the distant presence of Lago Carite and the dense, lush stretches of the Bosque Estatal de Aguirre suggest a world of mountain rains and deep, shadowed woods. Life here is defined by this proximity to both the sea and the rugged heart of the island, creating a sense of place that is as sturdy and unyielding as the sun-bleached earth itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Parque de Salinas (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 266° W
Unknown Local Park (Local Park) — 1.6 mi, 244° SW
Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 2.6 mi, 166° S
Reserva Nacional de Investigación Estuarina de Bahía de Jobos (State Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 166° S
Bosque Estatal de Aguirre (Marine Protected Area) — 3.9 mi, 121° SE
Reserva Natural Punta Petrona (State Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 252° W
El Yunque National Forest (National Forest) — 7.2 mi, 061° NE · 29k acres
Parque Nacional Punta Guilarte (State Park) — 7.6 mi, 108° E
Bosque Estatal de Carite (State Resource Management Area) — 11.1 mi, 064° NE
El Toro Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 33.5 mi, 055° NE · 10k acres
Rio Mameyes, Puerto Rico Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 38.6 mi, 058° NE · 1,219 acres
Vieques National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 46.1 mi, 080° E · 52k acres

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