Forest Hills Pennsylvania Map

About Forest Hills, Pennsylvania

Forest Hills is a locality in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 6,429. The population density is 1586.1 people per km². Forest Hills is located at 40.4251°N, 79.8545°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Forest Hills is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 17112, 17356, 15221.

Forest Hills emerges from the rugged terrain of the Allegheny Plateau as a collection of steep ridges and deep, verdant pockets of land. It lies 3.2 miles north-northwest of Colonial Park, PA (from Colonial Park, PA: bearing 334°T), and is situated 5.3 miles north-northeast of Harrisburg. The landscape is defined by the earth’s persistent verticality, where the ground rises and falls in long, muscular swells that eventually yield to the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains on the horizon. Within the immediate reach of the soil, the atmosphere holds a particular sharpness, especially when the light of late afternoon catches the canopy of Forest Hills Park, casting long, bruised-purple shadows across the manicured lawns. A mile away, the quiet passage of Paxton Creek cuts through the shale, its movement a rhythmic, persistent companion to the stillness of the woods that stretch toward the more expansive cover of Haldeman State Forest.

Industry and the echoes of a transformative past linger in the architecture of Forest Hills, where the stone foundations and brick facades speak to a time when regional labor anchored the local economy. Beyond the residential avenues, the proximity of the Darlington Trail offers a path for those who seek the solitude of the timber, a stark contrast to the industrious pulse that once defined the wider region’s output. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands the weight of its own geography, far removed from the pressures of the lowlands. Residents often find their way toward Wildwood Lake, where the water mirrors the shifting gray of the sky, serving as a quiet focal point for a locality that prefers the steady, grounded reliability of the inland hills over the frantic pace of the wider world.

About This Forest Hills Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Forest Hills, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.425081, -79.854465. 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 (17112, 17356, 15221), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Dauphin County (Harrisburg), and school district assignment (Woodland Hills 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.