Forest Hills, Tennessee — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Forest Hills, Bedford County.
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Forest Hills unfolds as a scatter of homesteads and weathered barns across rolling Tennessee terrain, where broadleaf forests, in their season, bleed ochre and crimson into the hazy sky. It lies 8.6 miles east of Bedford, TN (from Bedford, TN: bearing 82°T), and is situated 2.2 miles east of Shelbyville. The land here is a study in gentle slopes, a landscape that breathes with the slow, deliberate pulse of the Cumberland Plateau's foothills. Creeks, often no more than a murmur after a dry spell, swell into purposeful waterways after the generous rains, their banks etched with the patient work of water and root. The air itself carries a certain weight, humid and alive with the scent of pine needles warming in the sun and the damp, fertile promise of the earth, a constant reminder of the deep, enduring agricultural heritage that shapes the very character of Forest Hills. The economic lifeblood of Forest Hills has long been tied to the soil, a tradition that persists even as the broader economy shifts. While the fields once dominated by tobacco and corn still hold their place, the surrounding landscape also whispers of a past where timber was king, and the sturdy oaks and maples were felled to build the homes and businesses that still dot the region. This land, however, is not merely a producer of goods; it is a repository of stories. The quiet stillness of the afternoons, broken only by the distant drone of a tractor or the call of a crow, holds the echoes of generations who worked this ground, their lives intertwined with the subtle shifts of the seasons and the enduring spirit of this particular corner of Bedford County.
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| Location | Forest Hills, Bedford County, Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 35.481184°N, 86.42166°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 37215, 37160, 37604, 37027 |
| Area Code | 731, 615, 629 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Forest Hills, Tennessee, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Forest Hills includes coordinates 35.481184°N, 86.421660°W, situated in Bedford County. ZIP code 37215, 37160, 37604, 37027. Telephone area code: 731, 615, 629. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.