Forest Hill Texas Map

About Forest Hill, Texas

Forest Hill is a locality in Harris County, Texas, United States. It has a population of 13,955. The population density is 1291.8 people per km². Forest Hill is located at 32.6619°N, 97.2662°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Forest Hill is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 76119, 77023, 75783.

Forest Hill maintains a steady, measured pulse where the heavy, humid air of the nearby coastline drifts inland to meet the dense, verdant growth of the local landscape. It lies 4.2 miles west of Galena Park, TX (from Galena Park, TX: bearing 261°T), and is situated 4.7 miles southeast of Houston. Brays Bayou carves a deliberate path through the terrain, its waters serving as a persistent, rhythmic neighbor to the residents who walk the Mason Park Trail. This stretch of land, anchored by the sprawling greenery of Mason Park, creates a natural corridor where the light at dusk turns a bruised, beautiful violet, reflecting off the damp soil and the thickets of trees. A mile away, the quiet depression of Yates Gully marks the subtle shift in elevation, while the distant, low-lying Brady Island remains a silent sentinel amid the winding waterways.

History in Forest Hill is bound to the slow, industrial expansion that followed the region’s development, leaving behind an economy that balances localized commerce with the quiet endurance of its working districts. The proximity to the Turkey Bend Cutoff and the expansive Sheldon Reservoir provides a sense of water-anchored scale, grounding the neighborhood in a landscape defined by its fluid boundaries. Life here moves with a pragmatic, unadorned grace, where the daily transit of people and goods hums against the background of a changing, modernizing horizon. Even as the pace of activity quickens, the fundamental character of Forest Hill remains tied to this specific topography, a place where the proximity of the bayou and the park defines the quiet, persistent rhythm of every passing day.

About This Forest Hill Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Forest Hill, Texas. Coordinates: 32.661936, -97.266235. 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 Hill includes the ZIP code (76119, 77023, 75783), telephone area code (903, 817), county seat of Harris County (Houston), and school district assignment (Fort Worth Independent 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.