Forest
Forest, also known as Forest City, is a small unincorporated community town site in Sierra County, California, United States, in the Sierra Nevada. The town site of Forest is located at 4,489 feet in elevation.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mrgooseskin, Public domain.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Sierra County, California, United States
- Also known as: “Brownsville”, “Elizaville”, “Forest City”, “Forest, CA”, “Forest, California”, “Forks of Oregon”, “Forks of Oregon Creek”, “Marietta”, and “Yomana”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Moores Flat and Downieville.
Moores Flat
Locality
Moore's Flat was a historic mining town located on the San Juan Ridge about 19 miles northeast of Nevada City, California and about 5 miles northeast of North Bloomfield, California. Moores Flat is situated 5 miles south of Forest.
Downieville
Village
Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Downieville is a census-designated place in and the county seat of Sierra County, California, United States. Downieville is on the North Fork of the Yuba River, at an elevation of 2,966 feet. Downieville is situated 5 miles north of Forest.
Woolsey Flat
Locality
Woolsey Flat or Woolsey's Flat was a historic mining town located on the San Juan Ridge, located about 17 miles northeast of Nevada City and about 3 miles northeast of North Bloomfield. Woolsey Flat is situated 5 miles south of Forest.
Forest
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States, ghost town, and locality
- Location: Sierra County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.48963° or 39° 29′ 23″ northLongitude
-120.85394° or 120° 51′ 14″ westElevation
4,587 feet (1,398 metres)Open location code
84FXF4QW+VCOpenStreetMap ID
node 141036721OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Forest” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “福雷斯特”
- German: “Forest”
- Irish: “Forest”
- Turkish: “Forest”
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