Forest Park Georgia Map

About Forest Park, Georgia

Forest Park is a locality in Dougherty County, Georgia, United States. It has a population of 19,932. The population density is 826.6 people per km². Forest Park is located at 33.6205°N, 84.3582°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Forest Park is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 31907, 31701, 30904.

Forest Park spreads across the red-clay piedmont of Georgia, where the heavy, iron-rich earth yields to a landscape of dense pine stands and broad, verdant clearings. It lies 2.9 miles south-southwest of Albany, GA (from Albany, GA: bearing 208°T), and is situated 6.1 miles northwest of Putney. The air here holds a distinct, humid weight, thick with the scent of pine resin and the subtle, metallic tang of the nearby Flint River, which winds its way through the lower reaches of the terrain. While Rattlesnake Ridge remains a distant, hazy silhouette against the western horizon, the immediate surroundings are defined by the quiet expanse of Pinedale Park, where the afternoon light filters through the canopy in long, amber shafts. Rawls Pond offers a reflective stillness to the landscape three miles out, providing a calm counterpoint to the steady, rhythmic pulse of the ground beneath.

Forest Park emerged from the expansion of regional rail lines, transitioning from a modest transit hub into a center of active commerce and logistics. The local economy remains tethered to the movement of goods, as the infrastructure of industry has grown to complement the steady, everyday pace of the neighborhoods. Residents go about their lives amidst the enduring influence of the longleaf pine, which stands as a silent witness to the changes in trade and transit that have defined the locality. Though the bustle of a modern metropolitan shadow looms nearby, Forest Park retains a character forged by its own industrial history and the persistence of its native woods, maintaining a grounded, purposeful existence on the Georgia plains.

About This Forest Park Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Forest Park, Georgia. Coordinates: 33.620543, -84.358181. 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 Park includes the ZIP code (31907, 31701, 30904), telephone area code (706, 762, 404, 470, 678), county seat of Dougherty County (Albany), and school district assignment (Clayton County School District).

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.