Explore Forest Acres, South Carolina, 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 Acres, South Carolina. 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 South Carolina 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 Acres.
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 Acres |
| State | South Carolina (SC) |
| County | Darlington County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 34.03312 |
| Longitude | -80.97316 |
| Population | 10,617 |
| Density | 891.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 29642, 29461, 29732, 29206 |
| Area Code | 864, 803 |
| County Seat | Darlington |
| School District | Richland School District 1 |
Forest Acres maintains a quiet terrestrial gravity, defined by the winding path of Bellyache Creek as it carves a slow, deliberate channel through the soil. It lies 11.1 miles northwest of Florence, SC (from Florence, SC: bearing 325°T), and is situated 1.8 miles north of Darlington. The landscape here is defined by a gentle, inland topography that favors the subtle transition between woodland and developed residential lanes, where the light at dusk often catches the canopy of mature oaks, casting long, amber shadows across the pavement. Only four miles to the west, the subtle depression of Hasker Flat offers a contrast to the higher ground, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Ballast Ridge occasionally anchors the horizon to the northwest. Residents find a familiar stillness at Mineral Springs Park, a localized sanctuary that serves as a green hinge for the neighborhood, providing a verdant buffer against the hum of daily transit.
Economic life in Forest Acres remains tethered to the broader pulse of the regional center, blending professional services with a steady, enduring residential character that has evolved over several decades of suburban expansion. Commerce gravitates toward established corridors where commerce and community intersect, reflecting a regional identity that balances the industriousness of the piedmont with a slower, more deliberate cadence of life. While the quiet waters of McCowns Millpond sit just two miles away, the character of the place is less about the water and more about the dense, inland soil that has supported growth since the area’s post-war development. Those seeking the deeper, wilder timber of the region often look toward the Sand Hills State Forest, yet Forest Acres retains its own distinct sense of self, marked by a suburban rhythm that feels both settled and perpetually in transition.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Forest Acres, South Carolina. Coordinates: 34.03312, -80.97316. 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 Acres includes the ZIP code (29642, 29461, 29732), telephone area code (864, 803), county seat of Darlington County (Darlington), and school district assignment (Richland School District 1).
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. |