Forest Hills Pennsylvania Map

About Forest Hills, Pennsylvania

Forest Hills is a locality in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. Forest Hills is located at 39.8870°N, 76.5997°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 15221.

Forest Hills unfolds across the rolling terrain of southern Pennsylvania, a landscape defined by the gentle slopes of the Appalachian foothills. It lies 8.6 miles south-east of York, PA (from York, PA: bearing 128°T), and is situated 7.5 miles south-east of East York. Here, the land breathes with a quiet resilience, its contours shaped by ancient geological forces and the patient work of water. Mature woodlands, their canopies a deep emerald in the summer and a riot of ochre and crimson in autumn, intersperse with open fields where agriculture has long held sway. The air often carries the scent of damp earth and pine, a testament to the region's verdant character, and at dusk, the light softens, casting long shadows that imbue the hills with a serene, almost contemplative mood. This is a place where the horizon feels both vast and intimately familiar, a gentle embrace of sky and earth. The history of Forest Hills is inextricably linked to the agricultural heritage of York County, a region settled and cultivated by generations of farmers. The fertile soil, a gift of the underlying geology, has supported a continuous tradition of crop cultivation and livestock raising, shaping the economic and social fabric of the locality. While industry has ebbed and flowed, leaving its own subtle imprints, the enduring spirit of the land remains. The quiet hum of daily life in Forest Hills is often punctuated by the distant rumble of farm machinery or the cheerful call of birds that have made these wooded hills their home. It is a place where the past is not a distant memory but a present influence, felt in the enduring patterns of the landscape and the deep-rooted connection of its inhabitants to the earth.

About This Forest Hills Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Forest Hills, Pennsylvania — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 39.887045, -76.599689. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Forest Hills and York County.

Detailed location data for Forest Hills includes the ZIP code (17112), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of York County (York), and school district assignment (Woodland Hills School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Forest Hills is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.