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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	Jefferson 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	Louisville
School District	Jefferson County School District

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About Forest Hills, Kentucky

Forest Hills is a locality in Jefferson 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 rises as a verdant enclave defined by the quiet persistence of the South Fork Beargrass Creek, which traces a winding path through the local topography. It lies 1.9 miles northwest of Jeffersontown, KY (from Jeffersontown, KY: bearing 321°T), and is situated 9.8 miles east-southeast of Louisville. The landscape here favors the soft, limestone-rich earth of the region, where the terrain slopes into a series of leafy, residential ridges that catch the golden, heavy light of late afternoon. Residents often find respite in the green expanses of Samuel B. Welch Park, a local space that anchors the neighborhood’s quiet character. Though the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains remain far to the east, the immediate surroundings provide a sense of grounded permanence, with the canopy of mature trees filtering the sky into shifting patterns of emerald and gray.

Forest Hills maintains an atmosphere of established tranquility, its identity shaped by the slow, deliberate pace of life common to the interior of the Commonwealth. The regional economy leans into the professional stability of the wider metropolitan area, while the local history remains tethered to the mid-century development that transformed these wooded tracts into a residential refuge. Life in Forest Hills moves in harmony with the seasonal shifts of the deciduous woods, far removed from the rush of the Falls of the Ohio or the expansive waters of Tucker Lake. Even the occasional distant hum of activity serves only to emphasize the stillness found within these streets, where the air retains a cool, damp quality that suggests the proximity of the creek and the deep, limestone-filtered roots of the Kentucky soil.

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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