Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Virginia
• Level 2: Bedford County

Current local time in Forest:

08:05 AM, Thursday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Forest on map:^[1]

Forest GPS coordinates^[2]

37° 21' 49.5" North, 79° 17' 23.1" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	37.92051°,	-79.99288°
Center:	37.36375°,	-79.28975°
Lower-right:	36.80283°,	-78.58663°
Map W x H:	124.3×124.3 km	= 77.2×77.2mi

max Lat:	71.29058°   ⇑64.6% North
Forest:	37.36375°
min Lat:	⇓35.4% South 19.06759°

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min Long	Forest	max Long
-171.73463°	-79.28975°	-66.98998°
W 75.2%⇐		⇒24.8% E

Elevation

Elevation of Forest is 265 m = 869 ft, and this is 29.8 m = 98 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	3189 m = 10463 ft	34.4%
Avg.	294.8 m = 967 ft
Forest	265 m = 869 ft
Min E:	-60 m = -197 ft	65.6%

See also: United States elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Forest is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this Northern Tropic circle is 1548.5 km =962.2 mi to South.

Distance of	km	miles	from Forest
North Pole	5852.6	3636.6	to North
Arctic Circle	3246.7	2017.4	to North
Tropic Cancer	1548.5	962.2	to South
Equator	4154.5	2581.5	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Forest: (largest is in red/bold)

• Altavista 28 km =17.4 mi, 179°
• Amherst 32.4 km =20.1 mi, 40°
• Appomattox 41.1 km =25.5 mi, 91°
• Bedford 20.9 km =13 mi, 260°
• Buchanan 38.9 km =24.2 mi, 297°
• Concord 27.9 km =17.3 mi, 94°
• Glasgow 33.2 km =20.6 mi, 334°
• Hurt 30.2 km =18.8 mi, 181°
• Lynchburg 14.2 km =8.8 mi, 66°
• Madison Heights 16.5 km =10.3 mi, 63°
• Montvale 39.1 km =24.3 mi, 273°
• Motley 33 km =20.5 mi, 187°
• Rustburg 19.3 km =12 mi, 120°
• Timberlake 5.6 km =3.5 mi, 149°
• West Lynchburg 10.8 km =6.7 mi, 66°