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Welcome to Sherwood Forest ...

Sherwood Forest is located in San Francisco County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Sherwood Forest: Sherwood Frst.

Sherwood Forest is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Sherwood Forest ...

While we believe that this Sherwood Forest is located in San Francisco County, we know of another 3 California communities named Sherwood Forest. Those communities are located in the following counties: Contra Costa, Nevada and Tuolumne County.

Beyond California, there are 76 communities that are also named Sherwood Forest - they are located in Alabama (5), Delaware, Florida, Georgia (8), Illinois (2), Indiana, Louisiana (2), Maryland (5), Massachusetts (2), Mississippi (5), New York, North Carolina (13), Ohio, Ontario, South Carolina (6), Tennessee (6), Texas, Vermont, Virginia (9), Washington and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Sherwood Forest ...

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

  • San Francisco
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Oakland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Berkeley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Richmond
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
    • Richmond is located in Contra Costa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 110,038 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richmond <3>
  • Daly City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • San Mateo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • San Leandro
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Alameda
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • South San Francisco
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • San Rafael
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)

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 Sherwood Forest. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sherwood Forest.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sherwood Forest. 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 Sherwood Forest.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sherwood Forest ...

Looking for more information about Sherwood Forest? 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 Sherwood Forest, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Sherwood Forest.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including San Francisco, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sherwood Forest - 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.