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Forest Ohio Map

Explore Forest, Ohio, 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, Ohio

How to Use This Forest, Ohio Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Forest, Ohio. 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 Ohio 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	Ohio (OH)
County	Hardin County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.801721
Longitude	-83.510482
Population	1,350
Density	361.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	45843
Area Code	234, 330
County Seat	Kenton
School District	Riverdale Local School District

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About Forest, Ohio

Forest is a locality in Hardin County, Ohio, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,350. The population density is 361.0 people per km². Forest is located at 40.8017°N, 83.5105°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Forest is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 45843.

Forest stretches across a flat, expansive horizon where the sky claims more territory than the land itself. It lies 18.3 miles south-southeast of Findlay, OH (from Findlay, OH: bearing 156°T), and is situated 11.9 miles north-northeast of Kenton. The earth here is a deep, fertile black, holding the heavy scent of damp loam that rises whenever the wind shifts from the west. At the center of the grid, Gormley Park offers a patch of maintained green where the light of late afternoon turns golden and long, casting shadows that stretch toward the horizon. To the north, the distant outline of North Ridge provides the only break in an otherwise level landscape, a faint, serrated line against the pale blue of the atmosphere. Nearby, The Outlet moves with a slow, deliberate purpose through the fields, its banks lined with thick brush that hums with the movement of insects during the heat of a summer day.

Forest maintains a quiet endurance, defined by the rhythmic cycle of the planting and harvest seasons that anchor the local economy. The architecture remains modest and functional, reflecting a history tied to the expansion of regional rail lines that once funneled the bounty of the plains toward larger markets. While the pace of life remains steady, the presence of Killdeer Upground Reservoir nine miles away serves as a quiet reminder of the engineering required to sustain such expansive agriculture in this inland expanse. Residents move through their days with a familiar, understated focus, tending to the work that keeps the region viable. There is a particular clarity to the air here, especially in the cooling hours of dusk, when the machinery of the fields finally goes silent and the vast, unobstructed sky turns a muted, bruised purple.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Gormley Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 136° SE
Russell E. Wilke Auditorium (Theatre) — 4.7 mi, 354° N
Wildlife Production Area 43 (State Conservation Area) — 6.0 mi, 282° W
Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.2 mi, 136° SE
Coach Rod Memorial (Monument) — 9.7 mi, 312° NW
Ohio Historical Marker: The Village of Arlington (Monument) — 9.7 mi, 312° NW
Sycamore Springs Golf Course (Park) — 11.5 mi, 317° NW
Our Lady of Consolation (Monument) — 12.0 mi, 030° NE
Wyandot County Fairgrounds (Local Recreation) — 12.4 mi, 076° E
Upper Sandusky Reservoir (Local Park) — 12.5 mi, 084° E
Hardin County Fairgrounds (Local Recreation) — 12.7 mi, 204° SW
Camp Berry (Private Recreation) — 13.0 mi, 326° NW
Wolf Creek Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 14.8 mi, 192° S
Elzay Gallery of Art (Gallery) — 16.6 mi, 262° W
Findlay Art League (Arts Centre) — 17.9 mi, 336° NW
Anchored to the Rock (Public Artwork) — 17.9 mi, 346° N
Fisher/Wall Gallery (Gallery) — 18.0 mi, 336° NW
Hancock Sports Hall of Fame (Museum) — 18.3 mi, 343° N
Hester Powell Grimm Theatre (Theatre) — 18.9 mi, 337° NW
Dudley and Mary Marks Lea Art Gallery (Gallery) — 18.9 mi, 337° NW
Mazza Museum (Museum) — 19.0 mi, 337° NW
Harold E. Newhard Planetarium (Museum) — 19.0 mi, 337° NW
Shannon Theater (Cinema) — 20.9 mi, 288° W
Sandusky - Heck Bridge SR (State Recreation Area) — 21.2 mi, 048° NE
Van Buren State Park (State Park) — 24.4 mi, 343° N
Marion County Steam Shovel (Attraction) — 24.4 mi, 124° SE
Indian Lake State Park (State Park) — 25.5 mi, 222° SW
Centre 71 (Cinema) — 26.3 mi, 129° SE
Seneca County Museum (Museum) — 27.7 mi, 038° NE
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 51.7 mi, 025° NE · 21k acres

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