Welcome to Forest Park ...

Forest Park is located in Madison County<1>.

Forest Park is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Forest Park lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Forest Park and travel east, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Forest Park: 256 & 938<3>

Communities Also Named Forest Park ...

While we believe that this Forest Park is located in Madison County, we know of another 4 Alabama communities named Forest Park. Those communities are located in the following counties: Coffee, Houston, Jefferson and Mobile County.

Beyond Alabama, there are 54 communities that are also named Forest Park - they are located in Arkansas, California (2), Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia (5), Illinois (2), Indiana (2), Louisiana (2), Maryland (4), Massachusetts (2), Missouri (2), Montana, New Mexico, New York (2), North Carolina, Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina (3), Tennessee, Utah, Virginia (5) and Washington.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Forest Park.

Communities near Forest Park ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Forest Park.

Huntsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Huntsville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 202,964 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huntsville <4>
Madison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Madison is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 52,654 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madison <4>
New Hope
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,927 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Hope <4>
Owens' Cross Roads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Owens' Cross Roads is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens' Cross Roads
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,233 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Owens' Cross Roads <4>
Triana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Triana is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
Grant
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Grant is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 902 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grant <4>
Gurley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gurley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 820 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gurley <4>
Somerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Somerville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
Woodville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Woodville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 719 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodville <4>
Paint Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Paint Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Forest Park. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Forest Park.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Forest Park. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Forest Park.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Forest Park. See our Newspapers Page for Forest Park.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Forest Park ...

Looking for more information about Forest Park? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Forest Park, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Forest Park.

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Madison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Forest Park - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>	When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 256 code has been Overlayed with the 938 area code. New phone numbers in the Forest Park area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Forest Park area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.