Explore Forest Park, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Forest Park, 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 Park.
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 Park |
| State | Ohio (OH) |
| County | Cuyahoga County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 39.286209 |
| Longitude | -84.525958 |
| Population | 20,189 |
| Density | 1208.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 44145, 43430, 45240 |
| Area Code | 614, 513 |
| County Seat | Cleveland |
| School District | Winton Woods City School District |
Forest Park emerges from the landscape as a deliberate arrangement of suburban architecture spread across the gentle, inland terrain of Ohio. Cahoon Creek winds through the vicinity, its water cutting a quiet path that defines the local topography before the land eventually rises toward the distant silhouette of North Ridge. To the north, the proximity of Lake Erie exerts a subtle influence on the climate, drawing a cool, damp breath over the neighborhoods that keeps the air crisp even as the sun begins to fade. The greenery of Vacant Municipal provides a necessary pause in the development, offering a stretch of open ground where the light shifts from gold to a muted gray as evening approaches.
Forest Park carries the mark of mid-century expansion, a period when the local economy shifted toward the service and professional sectors that continue to anchor the region today. The rhythm of daily life here remains tethered to the steady pulse of the surrounding industrial belt, balancing the memory of past manufacturing with the pragmatic demands of a modern workforce. Residents move through streets that feel both orderly and expansive, grounded by a sense of permanence that draws from the surrounding geography rather than transient trends. History in Forest Park is recorded not in grand monuments, but in the slow maturation of its canopy and the way the community has organized itself around the natural contours of the earth, creating a space that feels entirely singular in its quiet, inland composure.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Forest Park, Ohio. Coordinates: 39.286209, -84.525958. 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 Park includes the ZIP code (44145, 43430, 45240), telephone area code (614, 513), county seat of Cuyahoga County (Cleveland), and school district assignment (Winton Woods City School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |