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Forestville California Map

Explore Forestville, 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 Forestville, California

How to Use This Forestville, California Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Forestville, 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 Forestville.

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	Forestville
State	California (CA)
County	Sonoma County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	38.473524
Longitude	-122.890272
Population	3,264
Density	239.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	95436
Area Code	408, 669
County Seat	Santa Rosa
School District	West Sonoma County Union High School District

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About Forestville, California

Forestville is a locality in Sonoma County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,264. The population density is 239.7 people per km². Forestville is located at 38.4735°N, 122.8903°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95436.

Forestville maintains a quiet equilibrium where the golden light of late afternoon settles over the oak-studded slopes and the deep, verdant shadows of the surrounding woodlands. It lies 6.5 miles southwest of Windsor, CA (from Windsor, CA: bearing 218°T), and is situated 9.8 miles west-northwest of Santa Rosa. The topography here is defined by the gentle, persistent rise of the earth as it moves away from the flat basin floor toward the more rugged terrain of Oregon Canyon, only a few miles distant. Green Valley Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the landscape, its presence marked by the lush, moisture-loving vegetation that thrives in its immediate reach. Residents often gather at Forestville Youth Park, a space that serves as the communal lungs of the area, where the air retains a crisp, pine-scented quality even as the summer heat begins to soften into the long, cool twilight.

Forestville emerged from the labor of early settlers who recognized the potential of the fertile soil and the dense timber that once defined the region’s character. The local economy has shifted over the decades from those foundational extractive industries to a focus on viticulture and small-scale agriculture, organizing the landscape into orderly rows of vines that mirror the contours of the earth. While the distant Coast Ranges remain a hazy, jagged silhouette on the western horizon, the daily life of the area is governed by the slower, seasonal rhythms of the harvest. Travelers passing through may find themselves drawn to the shade of the trees or the quiet stretches of the Monte Rio Fire Trail, finding that the true nature of the locality resides in the simple, unadorned grace of its fields and the steady, persistent hum of a place that has long known its own purpose.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Forestville Youth Park (Private Recreation) — 0.3 mi, 340° N
Iron Horse Vineyards (Attraction) — 1.3 mi, 201° S
Atascadero Creek Marsh Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 1.5 mi, 179° S
Steelhead Beach Fishing Access (State Recreation Area) — 1.6 mi, 344° N
Wohler Bridge Fishing Access (Local Recreation) — 2.1 mi, 008° N
Laguna Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 082° E
Riverfront Regional Park (Local Park) — 2.8 mi, 024° NE
Bohemia Ecological Preserve (Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 254° W
Sturgeons Steam Mill – Historic (Attraction) — 4.1 mi, 187° S
Korbel Winery Tour (Attraction) — 4.7 mi, 300° NW
O'Reilley Tarsir (Public Artwork) — 5.1 mi, 148° SE
Veteran's Memorial Grove (Monument) — 5.2 mi, 155° SE
Path to Peace (Monument) — 5.2 mi, 155° SE
Occidental Center For the Arts (Arts Centre) — 5.4 mi, 217° SW
Occidental Veterans of World War 2 (Monument) — 5.4 mi, 215° SW
Lori Austin (Gallery) — 6.1 mi, 142° SE
Retrospect (Gallery) — 6.1 mi, 143° SE
Bronze Plus Art Foundry (Arts Centre) — 6.1 mi, 142° SE
Lifvendahl (Gallery) — 6.1 mi, 289° W
Curtain Call Theatre (Theatre) — 6.4 mi, 267° W
Monte Rio Theater (Cinema) — 6.5 mi, 266° W
Sonoma Coast State Park (State Park) — 6.8 mi, 240° SW
Windsor Museum (Museum) — 6.9 mi, 038° NE
The Sound of Music (Viewpoint) — 7.3 mi, 245° SW
Redwood Forest Theater (Theatre) — 7.7 mi, 304° NW
Austin Creek State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 7.9 mi, 314° NW
Children's Museum of Sonoma County (Museum) — 8.3 mi, 096° E
Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 11.3 mi, 192° S
California Coastal National Monument (National Monument) — 13.5 mi, 209° SW · 8,946 acres
Point Reyes National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 16.8 mi, 199° S · 135k acres

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