Forest Knolls California Map
Explore Forest Knolls, California, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
Interactive Map of Forest Knolls, California
How to Use This Forest Knolls, California Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Forest Knolls, California. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of California or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Forest Knolls.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Forest Knolls |
| State | California (CA) |
| County | San Francisco County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 37.754444 |
| Longitude | -122.459167 |
| Density | N/A /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 95959, 94131, 94933 |
| Area Code | 415, 628, 510 |
| County Seat | San Francisco |
About Forest Knolls, California
Forest Knolls is a locality in San Francisco County, California, United States. Forest Knolls is located at 37.7544°N, 122.4592°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 95959, 94131, 94933.Forest Knolls occupies a dense, verdant slope defined by the towering, canopy-heavy reach of Sutro Forest. It lies 2.6 miles west-southwest of San Francisco, CA (from San Francisco, CA: bearing 237°T), and is situated 3.4 miles north of Daly City. The terrain here rises sharply from the quiet surface of Laguna Honda, where the stillness of the water often mirrors the heavy, moisture-laden air that drifts in from the Pacific Ocean only three miles to the west. While the distant Coast Ranges remain a faint, jagged suggestion on the horizon, the immediate landscape is dominated by the dense, shadowed growth of the Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve. Moisture clings to the dark trunks of the trees, and the light that filters through the leaves in the late afternoon carries a sharp, cooling clarity, grounding the neighborhood in a persistent, quiet dampness that defines the local atmosphere.
Forest Knolls carries a legacy of mid-century development that transformed these steep, forested inclines into a residential enclave, leaving the surrounding natural terrain largely to the stewardship of the Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve. Life in Forest Knolls is defined by a slow, deliberate pace, far removed from the clamor of the urban centers that lie beyond the ridges. Residents often venture toward the nearby Huntington Falls to hear the sound of moving water, or look toward the distant silhouette of Helmet Rock as a marker of the rugged coastline beyond the trees. While Lobos Creek runs through the lower reaches of the geography, the daily rhythm of Forest Knolls remains tethered to the quiet, shaded streets and the ever-present, salt-tinged fog that rolls inland to dampen the evening.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 0.1 mi, 024° NE
- Wooden Carving (Public Artwork) — 0.4 mi, 021° N
- Hawk Hill Open Space (Local Recreation) — 0.7 mi, 219° SW
- Christmas Tree Point (Viewpoint) — 0.7 mi, 087° E
- San Francisco Women Artist Gallery (Arts Centre) — 0.7 mi, 334° NW
- Golden Gate Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 007° N
- West Portal Playground (Local Recreation) — 0.9 mi, 201° S
- Triumph of Light (Monument) — 1.0 mi, 050° NE
- Théâtre du LFSF (Theatre) — 1.0 mi, 259° W
- Twin Peaks Tunnel (Monument) — 1.0 mi, 201° S
- Dedicated to the memory of James J. Nealon (Monument) — 1.0 mi, 343° N
- Matter of Trust Eco-Home (Attraction) — 1.0 mi, 028° NE
- Steinhart Aquarium (Aquarium) — 1.1 mi, 340° N
- Morrison Planetarium (Museum) — 1.1 mi, 341° N
- Grateful Dead House (Attraction) — 1.2 mi, 035° NE
- Unknown Park (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 196° S
- Jimmy Hendrix house (Attraction) — 1.3 mi, 031° NE
- The Rabbit Hole Theater Company (Theatre) — 1.3 mi, 101° E
- Counterculture Museum (Museum) — 1.3 mi, 032° NE
- Sweeny Observatory Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 1.3 mi, 317° NW
- Psychedelic SF (Gallery) — 1.3 mi, 035° NE
- GLBT History Museum (Museum) — 1.4 mi, 071° E
- Pride Barbie Doll Display in private windows (Attraction) — 1.4 mi, 076° E
- Golden Gate National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 2.3 mi, 350° N · 113k acres
- California Coastal National Monument (National Monument) — 2.9 mi, 327° NW · 8,946 acres
- Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 5.8 mi, 318° NW
- Angel Island State Park (State Park) — 7.0 mi, 010° N
- Muir Woods National Monument (National Monument) — 10.9 mi, 329° NW · 527 acres
- Point Reyes National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 17.0 mi, 308° NW · 135k acres
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About This Forest Knolls Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Forest Knolls, California. Coordinates: 37.754444, -122.459167. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Forest Knolls includes the ZIP code (95959, 94131, 94933), telephone area code (415, 628, 510), county seat of San Francisco County (San Francisco), and school district assignment.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
