Map of Costa Rica: cities, regions and airports

This map of Costa Rica shows the capital, San José, the main cities, with terrain, national parks, expressways, railways and rivers.

Neighbouring countries (land border): Nicaragua and Panama. Its coasts face: Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.

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Key: red star = capital ; blue dot = destination covered by a Destination de Voyage guide ; blue italic name = region or island with a guide ; grey dot = other city ; plane = international airport (IATA code) ; brown triangle = summit (elevation) ; green areas = national parks (green square = national park located by a point) ; thick orange line = expressway, light orange = main road ; black-and-white line = main railway ; grey dashes = regional boundaries ; blue = rivers and lakes ; shading = terrain ; grid = latitude and longitude.

Sources: base map, cities, roads, railways, airports, administrative boundaries, rivers, lakes and hillshading: Natural Earth 1:10m (public domain). National parks: Wikidata. Summits and elevations: Wikidata and Natural Earth. Places missing from Natural Earth: Wikipedia coordinates. Map produced by Destination de Voyage.

Regions and destinations on the map of Costa Rica

Straight-line distances between the main cities

Straight-line distances calculated from place coordinates (haversine formula). Actual journeys by road, rail, boat or plane are longer.

Terrain, national parks and airports

Main summits (elevations from Wikidata / Natural Earth): Cerro Chirripó (3,820 m / 12,533 ft), Cerro Kamuk (3,549 m / 11,644 ft), Irazú (3,432 m / 11,260 ft), Cerro Pando (2,468 m / 8,097 ft), Cerro Cedral (2,420 m / 7,940 ft).

National parks shown (25): Cahuita National Park, Barbilla National Park, Barra Honda National Park, Braulio Carrillo National Park, Carara National Park, Chirripó National Park, Corcovado National Park, Diriá National Park, Juan Castro Blanco National Park, La Cangreja National Park, Los Quetzales National Park, Manuel Antonio National Park, Palo Verde National Park, Piedras Blancas National Park, Rincón de la Vieja National Park, Santa Rosa National Park, Tapantí National Park, Volcán Arenal National Park, Volcán Irazú National Park, Volcán Poás National Park, Volcán Tenorio National Park, Volcán de Turrialba National Park, Guanacaste National Park, Tortuguero National Park and Cocos Island National Park.

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