Explore Forest Hills, Tennessee, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Forest Hills, Tennessee. 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 Tennessee 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 | Tennessee (TN) |
| County | Bedford County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 36.069968 |
| Longitude | -86.83623 |
| Population | 5,038 |
| Density | 210.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 37215, 37160, 37604, 37027 |
| Area Code | 731, 615, 629 |
| County Seat | Shelbyville |
| School District | Metropolitan Nashville Public School District |
Forest Hills manifests as a quiet expanse of verdant woodland and undulating terrain, defined by the persistent, rhythmic passage of Bomar Creek as it carves through the local topography. It lies 2.2 miles east of Shelbyville, TN (from Shelbyville, TN: bearing 94°T), and is situated 8.6 miles east of Bedford. The landscape here is characterized by deep, forested slopes that rise into gentle ridges, maintaining a sense of seclusion despite the proximity of urban development. Light filters through the dense canopy of hardwoods to strike the earth in shifting patterns, while the air maintains a crisp, inland quality that carries the scent of damp soil and ancient stone. To the west, the distant silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains occasionally breaks the horizon, providing a silent, shadowed anchor to the shifting seasonal colors. Two miles away, the grounds of Shelbyville City Park offer a structured contrast to the wilder, overgrown banks of the creek, serving as a rare, manicured interruption in the pervasive greenery of the region.
Forest Hills preserves a deliberate, residential character that reflects its history as a sanctuary for those seeking relief from the surrounding pace of life. The economy here is subtle, rooted in the maintenance of high-quality private estates and the careful stewardship of the land, which remains largely free of commercial intrusion. History is felt in the preservation of large parcels of woodland that have resisted industrial sprawl, keeping the area focused on a slow, intentional way of living. Residents often look toward the nearby Bottle Hollow for a sense of depth in the landscape, or toward the distant, shimmering surface of Catfish Lake for a change of scenery. Life in Forest Hills operates with a quiet dignity, where the primary rhythm is dictated by the turning leaves and the steady, unceasing flow of water through the local hollows.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Forest Hills, Tennessee. Coordinates: 36.069968, -86.83623. 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 (37215, 37160, 37604), telephone area code (731, 615, 629), county seat of Bedford County (Shelbyville), and school district assignment (Metropolitan Nashville Public 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |