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Welcome to Forrest Park ...

Forrest Park is located in Coffee County<1>.

Forrest Park is 1,060 feet [323 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Forrest Park (for example, toward Fairmount), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Forrest Park: 931

Communities Also Named Forrest Park ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Forrest Park - they are located in California, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Northwest Territories and South Carolina.

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

Communities near Forrest Park ...

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

  • Shelbyville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Manchester
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Winchester
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Lynchburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Gattistown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Gattistown is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gattistown
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,158 people
  • Decherd
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sewanee
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Estill Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Cowan
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cowan is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,668 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cowan <3>
  • New Union
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • New Union is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Union
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,431 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 Forrest Park. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Forrest Park.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Forrest Park ...

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

Footnotes ...

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