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Forrest Illinois Map

Explore Forrest, Illinois, 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 Forrest, Illinois

How to Use This Forrest, Illinois Map

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

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	Forrest
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Livingston County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	40.751979
Longitude	-88.411165
Population	1,041
Density	620.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61741
Area Code	309
County Seat	Pontiac
School District	Prairie Central Community Unit School District 8

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About Forrest, Illinois

Forrest is a locality in Livingston County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,041. The population density is 620.3 people per km². Forrest is located at 40.7520°N, 88.4112°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Forrest is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61741.

Forrest anchors itself firmly upon the flat, expansive prairie where the South Fork Vermilion River traces a quiet, winding path through the landscape. It lies 14.5 miles southeast of Pontiac, IL (from Pontiac, IL: bearing 128°T), and is situated 5.4 miles east of Fairbury. The horizon here is a vast, open arc, dominated by the relentless sweep of sky that seems to press down upon the fields of corn and soybeans with a weight that shifts from pale gold at noon to a deep, bruised violet at dusk. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the earth stretches out in a featureless, fertile monotony, occasionally broken by the presence of Turtle Pond eight miles away, where the water mirrors the clouds in a stillness that feels ancient. Life in Forrest moves in sync with the seasonal turn of the soil, the air smelling perpetually of damp loam and the faint, metallic tang of passing freight trains that cut through the silence of the plains.

History in Forrest is measured in the steady persistence of grain elevators and the grid of residential streets that hold the echoes of a nineteenth-century rail expansion. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of agriculture, a quiet industry that keeps the pace of daily life deliberate and spare. Residents often look toward Fairbury Sunken Park five miles away for a brief reprieve from the open fields, finding a different sort of quiet in its managed greenery. There is a particular beauty in the way the light catches the brick facades along the primary thoroughfares, revealing a textured, weathered endurance that speaks to the generations who have worked this land. In Forrest, the days are marked not by grand events, but by the subtle, recurring shifts in the wind and the slow, inevitable movement of the seasons across the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Fairbury Fairgrounds (Local Recreation) — 5.3 mi, 261° W
Boys And Girls Club Park (Local Park) — 5.5 mi, 272° W
Caps Recreation Center (Local Park) — 5.7 mi, 088° E
Sibley Grove Fee (Conservation Area) — 12.0 mi, 170° S
Pontiac - Oakland Museum and Resource Center (Museum) — 14.4 mi, 308° NW
Livingston County War Museum (Museum) — 14.5 mi, 308° NW
Route 66 Association Hall of Fame & Museum (Museum) — 14.5 mi, 308° NW
Ladd School Subway (Attraction) — 14.9 mi, 307° NW
Pontiac Fairground (Local Recreation) — 15.9 mi, 306° NW
Standard Oil Gas Station (Attraction) — 18.3 mi, 340° N
Saybrook State Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.9 mi, 199° S
Memory Lane (Attraction) — 20.8 mi, 249° W
Arrowsmith Battle Ground (Registered Battlefield) — 23.8 mi, 203° SW
Twin Groves Wind Farm Lookout (Viewpoint) — 24.3 mi, 220° SW
Merwin Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 24.8 mi, 254° W
Moraine View State Recreational Area (State Recreation Area) — 27.8 mi, 215° SW
Route 66 Diners (Attraction) — 30.7 mi, 010° N
Project XV Museum (Museum) — 31.7 mi, 269° W
Student Art Gallery (Gallery) — 32.3 mi, 235° SW
Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 33.7 mi, 319° NW
Reuben G. Soderstrom (Public Artwork) — 33.9 mi, 319° NW
Engle Lane Theater (Theatre) — 33.9 mi, 317° NW
University Galleries (Gallery) — 34.5 mi, 241° SW
Old Main Cornerstone (Monument) — 34.7 mi, 241° SW
Capen Auditorium (Theatre) — 34.8 mi, 241° SW
Pluto Monument (Monument) — 35.2 mi, 321° NW
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 42.2 mi, 016° N · 18k acres
Matthiessen State Park (State Park) — 46.8 mi, 318° NW
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 54.3 mi, 295° NW · 13k acres
Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 72.5 mi, 044° NE · 11k acres

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