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Welcome to Forest Park ...

Forest Park is located in Santa Cruz County<1>.

Forest Park is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Forest Park lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Forest Park ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two California communities named Forest Park: This one is located in Santa Cruz County and the other is located in Los Angeles County.

Beyond California, there are 54 communities that are also named Forest Park - they are located in Alabama (5), Arkansas, 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.

  • San Jose
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jose
    • San Jose is located in Santa Clara County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013,616 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Jose <3>
  • Sunnyvale
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Santa Clara
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Mountain View
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Santa Cruz
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Cupertino
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Campbell
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Saratoga
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Los Altos
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Los Gatos
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)

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 California's counties, including Santa Cruz, 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.