Canóvanas Municipio, PR Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Canóvanas Municipio, Puerto Rico, shaded from 0 ft on the northwest side to 3,250 ft on El Toro
Elevation
3,250 ft 990 m2,440 ft 745 m2,030 ft 620 m1,220 ft 370 m410 ft 125 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
Click or tap anywhere
The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Municipio area
Fades everything outside the official municipio boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Canóvanas Municipio averages about 670 ft (205 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 0 ft on the northwest side to 3,250 ft on El Toro.

Average elevation
670 ft 205 m
all land inside the municipio
Highest
3,250 ft 990 m
on El Toro
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
on the northwest side

Canóvanas Municipio spans about 3,250 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

1% of Canóvanas Municipio's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 2% lies less than 3 ft above it. Check flood zones on FEMA's map

FigureElevation
Average of all land670 ft205 m
Highest point
Inside the municipio, on El Toro (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
3,250 ft990 m
Lowest point
Inside the municipio, on the northwest side
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, south to north

10 mi south to north through San Isidro.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Canóvanas Municipio, Puerto Rico, shaded from 0 ft on the northwest side to 3,250 ft on El Toro
Municipio boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Municipio in Puerto Rico, United States
Population
42,337 2020 Census
Land area
32.9 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
1,288 per sq mi
Time zone
Atlantic UTC−4, no daylight saving
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring municipios sharing a border, by average

  1. Río Grande Municipio810 ft
  2. Las Piedras Municipio700 ft
  3. Canóvanas Municipio670 ft
  4. Juncos Municipio470 ft
  5. Carolina Municipio230 ft
  6. Loíza Municipio5 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • La Peregrina1,902 ft
  • Cerro Pitahaya1,710 ft
All 13 towns in Canóvanas Municipio by typical elevation
  1. Villa Sin Miedo1,490 ft
  2. Benítez1,370 ft
  3. Palma Sola1,040 ft
  4. Quebrada Prieta870 ft
  5. Lomas810 ft
  6. Cambalache330 ft
  7. Campo Rico310 ft
  8. Canovanillas280 ft
  9. Santa Bárbara91 ft
  10. San Isidro32 ft
  11. Villa Hugo I24 ft
  12. Valle Hill13 ft
  13. Villa Hugo II12 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census municipio boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, −1 ft at 18.3843° N, 65.9185° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring municipios and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the municipio with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the municipio.
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: Puerto Rico Vertical Datum of 2002 (PRVD02). NGS plans to replace PRVD02 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones; NOAA tidal surfaces (MHHW). All public domain.