Forest Hills Kentucky Map
Explore Forest Hills, Kentucky, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
Interactive Map of Forest Hills, Kentucky
How to Use This Forest Hills, Kentucky Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Forest Hills, Kentucky. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Kentucky or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Forest Hills.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Forest Hills |
| State | Kentucky (KY) |
| County | Kenton County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 38.216769 |
| Longitude | -85.585637 |
| Population | 438 |
| Density | 585.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 41015, 41527, 40299 |
| Area Code | 859, 502 |
| County Seat | Covington |
| School District | Jefferson County School District |
About Forest Hills, Kentucky
Forest Hills is a locality in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 438. The population density is 585.2 people per km². Forest Hills is located at 38.2168°N, 85.5856°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Forest Hills is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 41015, 41527, 40299.Forest Hills emerges from the rolling limestone terrain as a quiet collection of residential lanes defined by the persistent, winding presence of Banklick Creek. It lies 3.4 miles south of Covington, KY (from Covington, KY: bearing 177°T), and is situated 4.8 miles south of Cincinnati. The air here holds a particular coolness, often catching the scent of damp earth and limestone dust that rises when the sun retreats behind the distant silhouette of the Walnut Hills. Within the immediate boundaries, the Bill Cappel Sports Complex offers a span of open, manicured grounds where the evening light stretches long and thin across the grass. Residents often look toward the horizon, where the landscape dips toward the low basin of Turkey Bottom, sensing the distance to the deeper timber of Mitchell Memorial Forest, which waits sixteen miles away like a dark, verdant promise.
Forest Hills functions as a steady, suburban anchor within a region defined by its historic reliance on the productivity of the soil and the industrious nature of its neighbors. While the pace of life remains measured, the local character is shaped by a tradition of self-sufficiency that echoes the agrarian roots of the broader Kentucky landscape. Many residents find their rhythm in the modest, daily transit toward the centers of commerce, leaving behind the quiet of their streets for the wider world beyond the influence of Lake Inferior. Life in Forest Hills persists with a deliberate stillness, reflecting a commitment to a way of living that values the maintenance of one’s own patch of ground and the quiet continuity of the changing seasons.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Samuel B. Welch Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 331° NW
- Des Pres (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 302° NW
- Gaslight Lamp (Public Artwork) — 2.0 mi, 141° SE
- Confederate Martyrs Monument (Monument) — 2.0 mi, 153° SE
- Party Center (Attraction) — 2.3 mi, 034° NE
- Bingo City (Attraction) — 2.4 mi, 238° SW
- Tri Ân Monument (Monument) — 2.5 mi, 138° SE
- Blackacre State Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 120° SE
- Village 8 (Cinema) — 2.8 mi, 294° NW
- Woodlawn Race Course (Monument) — 4.0 mi, 323° NW
- E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park (State Park) — 4.2 mi, 017° N
- Parklands of Floyds Fork (Local Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 111° E
- Colonel Sanders Museum (Museum) — 6.1 mi, 259° W
- Gorilla Sanctuary (Attraction) — 6.4 mi, 264° W
- Pygmy Hippo Area (Attraction) — 6.4 mi, 264° W
- Walden theater (Theatre) — 6.4 mi, 292° W
- Petting Zoo Area (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 6.4 mi, 263° W
- Wyatt Center for the Arts (Theatre) — 6.4 mi, 272° W
- Norton Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 6.4 mi, 272° W
- Louisville zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 6.5 mi, 263° W
- Butterfly Garden (Nature Reserve) — 6.6 mi, 264° W
- Garden Gateway Overlook - Beckley Creek Park (Viewpoint) — 6.6 mi, 078° E
- Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind (Museum) — 7.5 mi, 292° W
- Charlestown State Park (State Park) — 10.6 mi, 343° N
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About This Forest Hills Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Forest Hills, Kentucky. Coordinates: 38.216769, -85.585637. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Forest Hills includes the ZIP code (41015, 41527, 40299), telephone area code (859, 502), county seat of Kenton County (Covington), and school district assignment (Jefferson County School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
