Forest City Pennsylvania Map
Explore Forest City, Pennsylvania, 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 City, Pennsylvania
How to Use This Forest City, Pennsylvania Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Forest City, Pennsylvania. 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 Pennsylvania 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 City.
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 City |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Susquehanna County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 41.651472 |
| Longitude | -75.466572 |
| Population | 1,780 |
| Density | 751.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 18421 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | Montrose |
| School District | Forest City Regional School District |
About Forest City, Pennsylvania
Forest City is a locality in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,780. The population density is 751.1 people per km². Forest City is located at 41.6515°N, 75.4666°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Forest City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 18421.Forest City emerges from the rugged terrain of the Allegheny Plateau, where the Lackawanna River carves a dark, persistent path through the valley floor. It lies 18.2 miles north-northeast of Dunmore, PA (from Dunmore, PA: bearing 28°T), and is situated 5.7 miles north-northeast of Carbondale. Cold air settles early in the lowlands, clinging to the heavy timber and the sharp, defined edges of the slope. Two miles to the west, the waters of Brace Brook Reservoir hold the reflection of a graying sky, undisturbed by the modern rush. To the south, the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Pocono Mountains provide a jagged boundary against the horizon, anchoring the landscape in a permanent, stoic posture. The light here at dusk possesses a singular quality, catching the mineral dust in the air and turning the steep, forested inclines into bruised shades of violet and slate.
Forest City bears the heavy, quiet imprint of its anthracite heritage, a history written in the deep seams of the earth that once dictated the movement of every resident. Where iron rails once hauled fuel to distant furnaces, the Rail Trail of Northeastern Pa. now offers a path for those moving through the quiet woods, reclaiming the ground from industry. The economy has shifted away from the soot-stained intensity of the past, yet the architecture remains sturdy, built for permanence and the biting winters of the interior. Life in Forest City follows the deliberate, grounded pace of a place that has seen the rise and fall of its own extracted wealth, leaving behind a resilient, unpretentious character that favors the practical over the ornamental.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Rail Trail of Northeastern Pa. (Local Recreation) — 0.1 mi, 132° SE
- Babe Ruth Field (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 019° N
- Kennedy Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 279° W
- White Oak Pond (State Resource Management Area) — 3.6 mi, 091° E
- Lackawanna River Heritage Trail (Local Recreation) — 3.8 mi, 190° S
- Sposito Preserve (Conservation Area) — 4.4 mi, 215° SW
- Pinchot State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 4.8 mi, 169° S
- Prompton State Park (State Park) — 6.1 mi, 101° E
- Old stone bridge (Historic Ruins) — 6.3 mi, 131° SE
- Prompton Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 6.4 mi, 104° E
- Prompton Lake (Recreation Area) — 6.4 mi, 104° E
- Unknown Structure (Historic Ruins) — 6.9 mi, 177° S
- Scenic Overlook (Carbondale) (Viewpoint) — 7.0 mi, 192° S
- Birthplace of First Aid (Monument) — 9.5 mi, 207° SW
- Borough Establishment (Monument) — 9.5 mi, 207° SW
- WW1, WW1, Korean War (Monument) — 9.5 mi, 207° SW
- Varden Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.5 mi, 161° S
- Lackawanna State Park (State Park) — 11.8 mi, 248° W
- Rabbit Hollow Wildlife Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 14.8 mi, 233° SW
- Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain (Nature Reserve) — 15.2 mi, 195° S
- Dorflinger Glass Museum (Museum) — 16.4 mi, 120° SE
- Nittany Lion Shrine (Public Artwork) — 16.6 mi, 209° SW
- Houdini Museum (Museum) — 18.2 mi, 214° SW
- Smurfit Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 19.4 mi, 210° SW
- Civil War Museum (Museum) — 19.5 mi, 211° SW
- White Pines and Blueberries (Attraction) — 19.5 mi, 136° SE
- Laura Craig Gallery (Gallery) — 19.5 mi, 212° SW
- Swimming Rock (Attraction) — 19.6 mi, 137° SE
- Everhart Museum (Museum) — 19.6 mi, 208° SW
- Iron Horse Movie Bistro (Cinema) — 19.7 mi, 212° SW
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About This Forest City Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Forest City, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 41.651472, -75.466572. 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 City includes the ZIP code (18421), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Susquehanna County (Montrose), and school district assignment (Forest City Regional 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. |
