Forest Hills Kentucky Map

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.

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 Jefferson County (Louisville), and school district assignment (Jefferson County School District).

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.