Minimalist map poster · Costa Rica

Cañas Map Poster & Print

10.4311° N / 85.0982° W

A compact grid town on the Inter-American Highway, set in the flat Guanacaste lowlands between volcanic uplands and the Tempisque basin

Cañas map poster — Classic
$9one-time · all 6 sizes · instant download
Personalize the text & font
  • What you see is exactly what you get
  • Up to 7,200 × 10,800 px · 300 DPI
  • PNG + print-ready PDF
  • No watermark

One city, five moods

Cañas in every style

Tap a style to see it on the wall. Every style costs the same — printed, framed or as HD files.

Close-up of the Cañas map poster at print resolutionActual pixels · 24 × 36″ print file

Print-sharp

Every street in Cañas, razor sharp

This is a 100% crop of the real print file. Every poster — printed, framed or downloaded — is rendered on our servers at 300 DPI, up to 7,200 × 10,800 pixels, so even the smallest lanes stay crisp on a 24 × 36″ print.

On the wall

Cañas at home

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The map

About this Cañas map poster

Cañas sits in the dry northwest of Costa Rica, in Guanacaste Province, where the land opens into broad cattle country and irrigated fields. From above, the town is a tidy rectangle of blocks laid out on a regular grid, with the Inter-American Highway running along its edge and carrying traffic between the Nicaraguan border and the Central Valley.

On a Cañas map poster the pattern is easy to read: straight streets meeting at right angles, a central square with the church, and the grid thinning into farm tracks and scattered buildings at the outskirts. Beyond the town, rivers draining the Guanacaste uplands wind southwest across the plain toward the Tempisque, one of the country's major lowland rivers.

The town is known well beyond its size for its parish church, whose walls are covered in colourful mosaic work by the Costa Rican artist Otto Apuy. Cañas is also a common base for trips to the Corobicí River and to the Tenorio volcano area to the north, which gives the place a steady flow of travellers passing through.

Population
20,000
Coordinates
10.4311° N / 85.0982° W
Elevation
86 m
Time zone
Costa Rica
Region
Cañas, Costa Rica
01

The town grid

Regular blocks set around a central square form a clear chequerboard, the kind of Spanish colonial-style plan that reads cleanly in black and white at any print size.

02

Inter-American Highway

The long highway runs past the town as a strong continuous line, linking Cañas north toward Liberia and Nicaragua and south toward Puntarenas and San José.

03

Lowland rivers

Rivers flowing off the northern uplands cross the plain around Cañas in loose curves, adding soft organic lines to the edges of an otherwise orderly street pattern.

Make it yours

Frame your part of Cañas

Add a date, a name or a line of your own, switch style, size or orientation.

The free preview is low-resolution with a watermark. Prints and HD files are rendered at 300 DPI, up to 7,200 × 10,800 px, without a watermark.

Why Cañas

A map that means something

For people who grew up in Guanacaste or spent time on the Corobicí and around Tenorio, Cañas is a place of long dry-season light and open country. A clean grid on the wall is a quiet way to keep that memory close.

The poster can carry your own title, a subtitle such as a family name or a date, and a coordinates line. Choose Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand to suit the room it will hang in.

Order the Cañas poster
What's in the HD download300 DPINo watermarkPNG + PDF
Print sizeResolutionFiles
30 × 40 cm11.8 × 15.7″3,543 × 4,724 pxPNG · PDF
29.7 × 42 cm (A3)11.7 × 16.5″3,508 × 4,961 pxPNG · PDF
42 × 59.4 cm (A2)16.5 × 23.4″4,961 × 7,016 pxPNG · PDF
45.7 × 61 cm18 × 24″5,400 × 7,200 pxPNG · PDF
50 × 70 cm19.7 × 27.6″5,906 × 8,268 pxPNG · PDF
61 × 91.4 cm24 × 36″7,200 × 10,800 pxPNG · PDF

For comparison, the free preview is 900 px wide, watermarked and meant for screens. The HD files have up to 8× the resolution in each direction and print cleanly at full poster size.

Cañas map poster — FAQ

How do I order the Cañas poster?

Pick a style at the top of the page, then choose Printed Poster — a size and, if you like, a frame — or Digital HD Files. Checkout takes one step, and your order page updates as soon as the payment goes through.

What is the printed Cañas poster like?

It is printed on premium 200 gsm matte paper in one of six sizes, from 30 × 40 cm to 24 × 36″. Printed posters start at $39, shipping included.

Can I order the Cañas poster framed?

Yes. Choose a solid wood frame in black, white, natural oak or dark wood. It comes with shatterproof glazing and is ready to hang. Framed posters start at $99, shipping included.

How long does delivery take, and what does it cost?

Shipping is free to 60+ countries. Each poster is printed by the nearest of our print partners in 30+ countries and usually arrives in 3–7 business days. You can follow the status and tracking under My Orders. A few countries take 2–5 weeks, and where we don't ship yet, the site tells you before you pay.

What if my poster arrives damaged?

Send us a photo within 14 days of delivery and we will reprint it for free or refund you.

Can I add our names or a date to the Cañas poster?

Yes. In the editor on this page, change the title, the subtitle and the coordinates line to anything you like, and pick a style and size. Printed, framed and digital orders all use exactly your design.

What do I get with the digital HD files?

For $9 you get 300 DPI PNG and print-ready PDF files in all six sizes, without a watermark, to print anywhere. Not sure yet? Download a free watermarked preview first.