Ponce Municipio, PR Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico, shaded from sea level on the Mar Caribe to 4,350 ft on Cerro de Punta
Elevation
4,350 ft 1,325 m3,260 ft 995 m2,720 ft 830 m1,630 ft 495 m540 ft 165 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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

Ponce Municipio averages about 810 ft (250 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on the Mar Caribe to 4,350 ft on Cerro de Punta.

Average elevation
810 ft 250 m
all land inside the municipio
Highest
4,350 ft 1,325 m
on Cerro de Punta
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Mar Caribe

Ponce Municipio spans about 4,350 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.

Under 1% of Ponce Municipio's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 4% lies less than 3 ft above it. Check flood zones on FEMA's map

FigureElevation
Average of all land810 ft250 m
Highest point
Inside the municipio, on Cerro de Punta
4,350 ft1,325 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Mar Caribe
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, south to north

19 mi south to north through Coto Laurel.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico, shaded from sea level on the Mar Caribe to 4,350 ft on Cerro de Punta
Municipio boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Municipio in Puerto Rico, United States
Population
137,491 2020 Census
Land area
114.9 sq mi + 78.7 sq mi water
Density
1,196 per sq mi
Time zone
Atlantic UTC−4, no daylight saving
Drains to
Caribbean Sea
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring municipios sharing a border, by average

  1. Jayuya Municipio2,280 ft
  2. Adjuntas Municipio2,180 ft
  3. Utuado Municipio1,300 ft
  4. Peñuelas Municipio1,030 ft
  5. Ponce Municipio810 ft
  6. Juana Díaz Municipio540 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Monte Jayuya4,310 ft
  • Cerro Maravillas3,970 ft
  • Cerro del Diablo2,230 ft
  • Monte Marqueno2,070 ft
  • Cerro Santo Domingo, Ponce Municipio2,020 ft
All 14 towns in Ponce Municipio by typical elevation
  1. Monte Verde1,490 ft
  2. Anon Raices1,270 ft
  3. Tibes1,250 ft
  4. La Yuca650 ft
  5. El Paraiso530 ft
  6. Quebrada del Agua470 ft
  7. Parcelas Mandry430 ft
  8. Corral Viejo420 ft
  9. Cerrillos Hoyos410 ft
  10. Marueño390 ft
  11. Vayas230 ft
  12. Coto Laurel200 ft
  13. Capitanejo partly62 ft
  14. Calzada18 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. 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 17.9743° N, 66.5796° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • 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.