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Forestville Pennsylvania Map

Explore Forestville, 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 Forestville, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Forestville, Pennsylvania Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Forestville, 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 Forestville.

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	Forestville
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Chester County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.692311
Longitude	-76.301338
Population	399
Density	170.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	16035, 16038, 17901
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	West Chester
School District	Minersville Area School District

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About Forestville, Pennsylvania

Forestville is a locality in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 399. The population density is 170.0 people per km². Forestville is located at 40.6923°N, 76.3013°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 16035, 16038, 17901.

Forestville emerges from the quiet, verdant folds of the Pennsylvania interior, a place where the light at dusk catches the silvered bark of hardwoods and turns the sprawling fields into vast, amber-colored expanses. It lies 12.4 miles south-southwest of Coatesville, PA (from Coatesville, PA: bearing 202°T), and is situated 8.9 miles north-northeast of Calvert. The terrain here is defined by a slow, rhythmic subsidence of land toward the East Branch Big Elk Creek, a waterway that cuts a steady, dark line through the soil just a mile from the center. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the horizon holds the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains, their peaks softened by miles of atmosphere into a faint, violet bruise against the sky. A mere six miles away, the waters of Octoraro Lake settle into a deep, reflective silence, while the twelve-mile proximity to William Penn State Forest and the low, hushed cradle of Green Valley ensures that the air remains heavy with the scent of damp earth and cooling leaves.

Forestville carries the weight of a long-settled existence, its history etched into the sturdy brick foundations of modest homes and the quiet, industrial ghosts of a region once defined by agrarian labor. Local life revolves around the steady, unassuming pace of Barnard Park, a local space where the grass grows thick and the morning air feels sharp enough to splinter against the lungs. The economy here remains tethered to the land and the small, persistent trades that have sustained the inhabitants for generations, favoring the slow accumulation of craft over the frantic pulse of the modern city. Even as the hours slip by, the character of Forestville remains fixed in the amber of its own legacy, a collection of streets and porches where the sound of wind through the trees often outlasts the hum of passing traffic.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Forestville Playground (Local Recreation) — 0.2 mi, 071° E
Condor Commons Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 081° E
Llewellyn Community Park (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 136° SE
Fourth Street Recreation Park (Local Recreation) — 1.6 mi, 096° E
Minersville Area Historical Society (Museum) — 2.0 mi, 093° E
Coal Miners' Memorial (Monument) — 2.9 mi, 109° E
State Game Land 326 (State Resource Management Area) — 3.3 mi, 336° NW
Sgl 326 (State Recreation Area) — 4.0 mi, 355° N
Weiser State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 4.0 mi, 163° S
Anthracite Philharmonic (Arts Centre) — 4.9 mi, 101° E
Schuylkill County Council for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 4.9 mi, 101° E
Majestic Theater (Theatre) — 5.5 mi, 094° E
New Castle Township Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 5.6 mi, 073° E
Henry Clay Statue (Monument) — 5.7 mi, 097° E
Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine & Steam Train (Museum) — 6.5 mi, 336° NW
Ashland Historical Society (Museum) — 6.5 mi, 343° N
St. Joseph's Fine Art Studio (Gallery) — 9.1 mi, 322° NW
Locust Lake State Park (State Park) — 9.4 mi, 055° NE
Anthony P. Domato Mural (Public Artwork) — 10.4 mi, 030° NE
Sgl 110 (State Recreation Area) — 11.1 mi, 154° SE
Mahanoy Area Historical Society (Museum) — 11.8 mi, 045° NE
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 11.9 mi, 186° S · 110k acres
Kimmel Lookout (Viewpoint) — 12.7 mi, 190° S
Swatara State Park (State Park) — 13.0 mi, 211° SW
Artisan Alley Fine Arts Gallery (Gallery) — 14.8 mi, 298° NW
Strawberry Playhouse (Theatre) — 14.8 mi, 069° E
Kanati Elite Taxidermy (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 16.5 mi, 181° S
Twin Twister Slides (Attraction) — 16.6 mi, 320° NW
Two Slide Winders (Attraction) — 16.6 mi, 321° NW

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