Forest Hills Tennessee Map

About Forest Hills, Tennessee

Forest Hills is a locality in Putnam County, Tennessee, United States. It has a population of approximately 5,038. The population density is 210.6 people per km². Forest Hills is located at 36.0700°N, 86.8362°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Forest Hills is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 37215, 37160, 37604.

Forest Hills defines its character through a dense, deliberate preservation of the woodland canopy that blankets its uneven terrain. It lies 1.7 miles west-southwest of Cookeville, TN (from Cookeville, TN: bearing 241°T), and is situated 3.0 miles west-northwest of Putnam. These slopes rise and fall in heavy, shaded folds, interrupted only by the quiet movement of Hudgens Creek as it carves a path through the limestone bedrock. At the periphery, the air holds the damp, cool weight of the woods, where light filters through thick hardwoods to settle on the earth in sharp, fleeting patterns. The horizon remains dominated by the immediate, intimate rise of the land, though the distant, hazy blue silhouettes of the Cumberland Mountains offer a suggestion of the vast, rugged terrain that defines the wider regional geography.

Forest Hills maintains a residential identity that favors privacy and the slow, steady maintenance of its arboreal environment over the frantic pace of modern industrial expansion. The local economy and daily life remain tethered to the quiet stewardship of these large, forested lots, which provide a buffer against the encroaching density of the surrounding metropolitan sprawl. Residents often find their way toward the quiet waters of Cane Creek Lake & Park, a space that serves as a communal anchor for the locality. While the region’s broader history is marked by the shifting tides of agriculture and commerce, Forest Hills persists as a deliberate enclave, defined by the stillness of its streets and the persistent, unbothered growth of the trees that give the place its name.

About This Forest Hills Map Page

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 Putnam County (Cookeville), and school district assignment (Metropolitan Nashville Public 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.