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Forest Louisiana Map

Explore Forest, Louisiana, 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, Louisiana

How to Use This Forest, Louisiana Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Forest, Louisiana. 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 Louisiana 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	Louisiana (LA)
County	West Carroll Parish
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	32.792366
Longitude	-91.412555
Population	304
Density	70.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	71242, 71457, 71263
Area Code	318
School District	West Carroll Parish School District

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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.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Big Colewa Bayou Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 270° W
Bayou Macon Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.0 mi, 058° NE
Farm Service Agency Interest Of La (National Wildlife Refuge) — 10.3 mi, 272° W · 9,337 acres
Poverty Point World Heritage Site (Museum) — 10.8 mi, 177° S
Division Of State Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 11.1 mi, 139° SE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 13.5 mi, 088° E
Overflow National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.9 mi, 315° NW · 27k acres
Chemin A Haut State Park (State Park) — 25.4 mi, 291° W
Delta National Forest (National Forest) — 31.9 mi, 104° E · 61k acres
Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 32.9 mi, 176° S
Sunflower Waterfowl Project (Nature Reserve) — 36.3 mi, 085° E
Lake Village Confederate Monument (Monument) — 38.0 mi, 011° N
Brown Auditorium (Theatre) — 42.7 mi, 245° SW
USS Cairo (Attraction) — 42.9 mi, 132° SE
Grant's Canal (Monument) — 42.9 mi, 139° SE
Navy Memorial (Monument) — 43.0 mi, 132° SE
Lower Mississippi River Museum (Museum) — 43.3 mi, 134° SE
Mississippi River Overlook (Viewpoint) — 44.3 mi, 137° SE
South Fort (Historic Castle / Fort) — 44.5 mi, 138° SE
Battery De Golyer (Public Artwork) — 44.8 mi, 132° SE
Mascur Museum (Museum) — 45.8 mi, 243° SW
E.E. Bass Cultural Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 47.1 mi, 026° NE
Greenville History Museum (Museum) — 47.4 mi, 025° NE
University of Arkansas at Monticello Fine Arts Center (Theatre) — 59.7 mi, 337° NW
Windsor Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 61.1 mi, 164° S
Sunken Trace (Attraction) — 62.7 mi, 155° SE
Kisatchie National Forest (National Forest) — 76.4 mi, 275° W · 607k acres

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