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Forest Indiana Map

Explore Forest, Indiana, 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, Indiana

How to Use This Forest, Indiana Map

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

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
State	Indiana (IN)
County	Clinton County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis)

Latitude	40.373648
Longitude	-86.332775
Population	259
Density	244.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	46039
Area Code	260
County Seat	Frankfort
School District	Clinton Central School Corporation

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About Forest, Indiana

Forest is a locality in Clinton County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 259. The population density is 244.0 people per km². Forest is located at 40.3736°N, 86.3328°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. ZIP code: 46039.

Forest stretches across a flat, expansive horizon where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 11.4 miles northeast of Frankfort, IN (from Frankfort, IN: bearing 55°T), and is situated 13.1 miles southwest of Kokomo. The landscape surrounding Forest is a mosaic of disciplined agriculture, defined by the geometry of corn and soybean fields that darken to a deep, bruised purple under the weight of an approaching summer storm. A mile away, the narrow, sluggish path of Stump Ditch cuts through the heavy, dark soil, acting as a humble vein for the local drainage that keeps the fields productive. Beyond the immediate reach of the township, the land remains largely indifferent to the passage of time, though the occasional stand of hardwood trees offers a jagged silhouette against the light. Even the distant, faint rise of The Mound, twenty-two miles away, serves only to emphasize the absolute, level stillness of the terrain that characterizes this part of the state.

Generations have built their lives upon the rhythm of the harvest, anchoring Forest to a legacy of agrarian persistence that remains the primary pulse of the local economy. While the bustling machinery of modern logistics has touched the periphery, the daily existence here is marked by the deliberate, quiet maintenance of homesteads and the upkeep of the local roads that bisect the grain elevators. Leisure is found in the modest, manicured fairways of Green Acres Golf Club, six miles distant, or in the stillness of a late afternoon spent watching the light shift across the stubble of a cleared field. There is a profound, unadorned honesty in the way the air smells of turned earth and diesel, a testament to a place where the people recognize their identity in the recurring cycle of the seasons. Little Lake, located eight miles away, provides the only significant break in the horizon, a quiet mirror for the clouds in a region where the vast, open sky dictates the pace of every waking hour.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Green Acres Golf Club (Park) — 6.4 mi, 015° N
Joseph G. Kemp Memorial (Monument) — 7.9 mi, 136° SE
Kempton Town Courtyard (Monument) — 8.0 mi, 137° SE
David Kemp Memorial (Monument) — 8.0 mi, 137° SE
Chippendale Golf Course (Park) — 9.1 mi, 076° E
Kirkendall Fish And Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.5 mi, 079° E
Tpa Park (Local Park) — 10.5 mi, 238° SW
Jackson Morrow Park (Local Park) — 10.7 mi, 067° NE
Adams Mill Public Access Site/Public Fishing Area (State Recreation Area) — 11.7 mi, 309° NW
Willie the Whale (Public Artwork) — 12.7 mi, 053° NE
Bryan (Eunice Hamilton) Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 13.1 mi, 266° W
Zimmer Ross (Gallery) — 16.6 mi, 112° E
Knop Lake Public Fishing Area (State Recreation Area) — 18.1 mi, 288° W
Monon High Bridge (Historic Ruins) — 22.1 mi, 313° NW
Delphi Opera House (Theatre) — 23.2 mi, 309° NW
Paper Mill Site (Historic Ruins) — 23.4 mi, 308° NW
Bullpen Tournaments (Attraction) — 23.7 mi, 155° SE
Stone Quarry Overlook (Viewpoint) — 24.1 mi, 309° NW
Prophetstown State Park (State Park) — 25.8 mi, 292° W
Hobson Acres (Attraction) — 25.9 mi, 186° S
Welcome to Logansport (Attraction) — 26.3 mi, 356° N
Artist Avenue (Gallery) — 26.4 mi, 356° N
Museum of American Politcal Communication (Museum) — 26.4 mi, 356° N
Cole Clothing Museum (Museum) — 26.4 mi, 357° N
Malibu Jack's Lafayette (Theme Park) — 27.2 mi, 273° W
Burr Oak Bend Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 27.4 mi, 137° SE
Forest Park Carousel & Concessions (Attraction) — 27.5 mi, 143° SE
Mississinewa Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 29.7 mi, 041° NE
Fort Benjamin Harrison State Park (State Park) — 38.1 mi, 156° SE
Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 75.8 mi, 190° S · 16k acres

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