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 | Ottawa 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 | Port Clinton |
| School District | Winton Woods City School District |
Forest Park maintains a quiet posture amidst the flat, expansive plains of the interior, defined by the steady accumulation of suburban order and the subtle transitions of the Midwestern seasons. It lies 8.8 miles southeast of Oregon, OH (from Oregon, OH: bearing 141°T), and is situated 6.3 miles southeast of Northwood. The land here holds the sky in a wide, unblinking gaze, and the light at dusk often bleeds into a bruised, violet gray that stretches across the level horizon. Only a mile away, the South Branch Turtle Creek carves a narrow, rhythmic path through the earth, its banks providing a sliver of wilder greenery that stands in contrast to the manicured lawns of the residential grid. While Lake Erie sits some ten miles to the north, its presence is felt more as a distant promise of cooling air than as a physical boundary, leaving the geography of Forest Park to be shaped by the persistent, unremarkable work of the wind and the slow turning of the soil.
Forest Park emerged from the mid-century expansion that redefined the regional economy, shifting the focus from agrarian roots toward a dense, commuter-oriented way of life that hums with the daily transit of labor and commerce. The proximity of Clay Center Village Park, located two miles off, offers a modest sanctuary for those seeking a respite from the mechanical rhythm of the local thoroughfares. History here is marked by the steady layering of infrastructure and the quiet endurance of families who have anchored their lives to the changing industrial currents of the state. One might find, in the late afternoon, a particular clarity in the air that highlights the muted brick and siding of the neighborhood, revealing a place that does not demand attention but simply exists in the steady, rhythmic pulse of the everyday.
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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 Ottawa County (Port Clinton), 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. |