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1957 Map of Bayaney

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Bayaney
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

About this map

Bayaney serves as a central hub in this Puerto Rican landscape, situated at the intersection of several municipal boundaries including Camuy, Hatillo, and Lares. The topography is defined by the winding courses of the Río Camuy and the Río Tanamá, which carve through the limestone karst terrain typical of the region. Local community life is documented through numerous educational and religious sites, such as the Escuela Segunda Unidad de Santiago Palmer and the Iglesia Cristo Rey.

Smaller family settlements and agricultural areas like Matilde and Milagros are scattered throughout the southern sectors, connected by a network of insular routes. Notable elevations like Cerro La Torre and Cerro Palma rise above the dense network of quebradas, including Quebrada de los Plátanos. This 1957 revision provides a detailed view of the rural infrastructure before significant modern expansion, highlighting localized schools like the Escuela Segunda Unidad de Caguana that served these distributed mountainous communities.