Forest Louisiana Map

About Forest, Louisiana

Forest is a locality in West Carroll Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 304. The population density is 70.2 people per km². Forest is located at 32.7924°N, 91.4126°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Forest is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 71242, 71457, 71263.

Forest reveals itself through the low, flat expanse of the alluvial plain, where the heavy scent of damp earth rises to meet a sky that seems wider than the land beneath it. It lies 45.5 miles east-northeast of Monroe, LA (from Monroe, LA: bearing 64°T), and is situated 14.2 miles west of Lake Providence. Alligator Bayou cuts a deliberate, sluggish path through the terrain, its dark waters reflecting the dense clusters of hardwoods and the tangled, reaching limbs of cypress that mark the water’s edge. The air here holds a dense, humid weight, particularly as the afternoon sun begins to slant, turning the fields into long stretches of shimmering, gold-dusted haze. Only four miles away, the Big Colewa Bayou Wildlife Management Area offers a deeper sanctuary of tangled brush and quiet thickets, preserving a wilder character that contrasts with the orderly rows of the surrounding fields.

Agriculture defines the pulse of Forest, as the economy remains tethered to the cycle of the soil and the seasonal demands of the harvest. Families have worked these flat, fertile reaches for generations, cultivating a rhythm of labor that respects the slow, deliberate movement of the seasons rather than the frantic pace of distant urban centers. Twelve miles to the east, the waters of Lake Providence draw those seeking a respite from the fields, providing a rare, wide-open expanse of blue in a landscape dominated by green foliage and brown furrows. Life in Forest persists with a quiet gravity, defined by the persistence of the crops and the enduring, humid stillness that settles over the porch steps when the day’s work is done.

About This Forest Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Forest, Louisiana. Coordinates: 32.792366, -91.412555. 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 includes the ZIP code (71242, 71457, 71263), telephone area code (318), county seat of West Carroll Parish, and school district assignment (West Carroll Parish 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.