Río Cañas Abajo, PR Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Río Cañas Abajo, Puerto Rico, shaded from 180 ft on the south side to 350 ft at the foot of the Cordillera Central
Elevation
350 ft 110 m310 ft 95 m290 ft 90 m240 ft 75 m200 ft 60 m180 ft 55 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Area
Fades everything outside the official Census boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Río Cañas Abajo sits at about 260 ft (80 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
260 ft 80 m
most residents: 210–310 ft
Lowest
180 ft 55 m
on the south side
Highest
350 ft 110 m
at the foot of the Cordillera Central
Average
260 ft 80 m
all land inside the Census boundary

Río Cañas Abajo spans about 170 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
260 ft80 m
Highest point
Inside the Census boundary, at the foot of the Cordillera Central
350 ft110 m
Lowest point
Inside the Census boundary, on the south side
180 ft55 m
Town center
USGS map point for Río Cañas Abajo
230 ft70 m
Airport (PSE)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.3 mi west of the Census boundary
37 ft11 m
Average of all land260 ft80 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.8 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Río Cañas Abajo, Puerto Rico, shaded from 180 ft on the south side to 350 ft at the foot of the Cordillera Central
Census boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Community (census-designated) in Juana Díaz Municipio, Puerto Rico, United States
Population
1,364 2020 Census
Land area
0.3 sq mi
Density
4,344 per sq mi
Coordinates
18.0383° N, 66.4677° W
Time zone
Atlantic UTC−4, no daylight saving
Drains to
Caribbean Sea
Airport
Mercedita (PSE) 37 ft
ZIP codes 1
00795
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Los Llanos500 ft
  2. Guayabal260 ft
  3. Río Cañas Abajo260 ft
  4. Luis Lloréns Torres240 ft
  5. Piedra Aguza160 ft
  6. Las Ollas140 ft
  7. Aguilita100 ft
  8. El Ojo100 ft
  9. Capitanejo62 ft
  10. Potala Pastillo8 ft
  11. Playita Cortada6 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Monte Jayuya4,310 ft
  • Monte Guilarte3,954 ft
  • El Toro3,480 ft
  • Cerro de las Cuevas, Juana Díaz Municipio2,050 ft
  • Monte Figueroa460 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the Census boundary, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census Census boundary (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • 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, 170 ft at 18.0346° N, 66.4660° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) 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).
  • 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 (FAA airport elevation, 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.
  • Río Cañas Abajo is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS and Watershed Boundary Dataset; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.