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Forest Hills Pennsylvania Map

Explore Forest Hills, Pennsylvania, 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, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Forest Hills, Pennsylvania Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Forest Hills, Pennsylvania. 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 Pennsylvania 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.

CityForest Hills
StatePennsylvania (PA)
CountyYork County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude40.425081
Longitude-79.854465
Population6,429
Density1586.1 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Codes17112, 17356, 15221
Area Code215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County SeatYork
School DistrictWoodland Hills School District

About Forest Hills, Pennsylvania

Forest Hills is a locality in York 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 occupies a high-ground position where the terrain shifts into the broken, verdant topography of the Allegheny Plateau. It lies 8.6 miles southeast of York, PA (from York, PA: bearing 128°T), and is situated 7.5 miles southeast of East York. Barshinger Creek carves a narrow, persistent path through the local earth, its waters moving with a quiet urgency toward the lower basins. To the east, the distant, hazy blue silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains frame the horizon, reminding the traveler of the vast, folded landscape that stretches toward the horizon. The air here holds a crisp, continental weight, especially at dusk when the shadows lengthen across the suburban lawns and the light turns the color of pale cider. Only four miles away, the quiet surface of Red Lion Reservoir catches the fading sun, providing a stillness that contrasts with the constant, low-frequency hum of regional transit.

Forest Hills grew from the reach of the nearby industrial centers, transforming over decades from agrarian plots into a residential grid that honors its topography with steep, winding streets. The local economy relies on the steady rhythm of professional life rather than the heavy manufacturing that defined the broader region, yet the legacy of that labor remains in the solid, brick-heavy architecture of the older houses. Residents often seek the quietude of Fairmount Park, a nearby green space that offers a reprieve from the pace of daily commerce. Life in Forest Hills follows the internal clock of the seasons, where the turning of leaves in the autumn woods provides a more reliable marker of time than the passing of any industry. It is a place where the proximity to regional transit allows for a life of quiet containment, anchored by the permanence of the ground and the slow, deliberate movement of the local creek.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Lions Park (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 110° E
  • Forest Woodlawn Park (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 136° SE
  • Bird & Wildlife Sanctuary - Woodside Site (Local Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 339° N
  • Pioneer Short-Wave Station (Monument) — 0.8 mi, 124° SE
  • Westinghouse Atom Smasher (Attraction) — 1.2 mi, 149° SE
  • Philmet Playground (Local Recreation) — 1.4 mi, 272° W
  • Graham Field (Local Recreation) — 1.4 mi, 320° NW
  • Church Valley Greenway (Private Recreation) — 1.5 mi, 025° NE
  • Churchill Valley Greenway (Nature Reserve) — 1.8 mi, 018° N
  • International Museum of the Bamileke Genocide (Museum) — 2.0 mi, 310° NW
  • Carrie Blast Furnace Number 6 and 7 (Historic Ruins) — 2.0 mi, 247° SW
  • Pittsburgh Yarn Company (Attraction) — 2.4 mi, 304° NW
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 232° SW
  • The Space Upstairs (Theatre) — 2.9 mi, 307° NW
  • Car & Carraige Museum (Museum) — 2.9 mi, 301° NW
  • Penn Hills Cinemas (Cinema) — 2.9 mi, 030° NE
  • Freedom and Liberation Wall (Public Artwork) — 3.1 mi, 313° NW
  • Glitterbox Theater (Theatre) — 3.4 mi, 246° SW
  • Pillars In Squirrel Hill (Monument) — 3.5 mi, 293° NW
  • Church Arcade (Theme Park) — 3.7 mi, 173° S
  • The Manor (Cinema) — 3.7 mi, 283° W
  • Bloop Museum (Museum) — 3.7 mi, 029° NE
  • Spaceballs The Unauthorized Museum and Gift Shop (Museum) — 4.6 mi, 154° SE
  • Pittsburgh Glass Center (Museum) — 4.9 mi, 303° NW
  • Allegheny Islands State Park (State Park) — 7.7 mi, 010° N
  • Point State Park (State Park) — 8.1 mi, 278° W
  • Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 33.5 mi, 295° NW · 6,562 acres

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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 York County (York), and school district assignment (Woodland Hills 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.