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Welcome to Glen Hills ...

Glen Hills is located in Jefferson County<1>.

Glen Hills is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Glen Hills lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Glen Hills: 205 & 659<3>

Communities Also Named Glen Hills ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Glen Hills - it's located in Maryland.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Glen Hills.

Communities near Glen Hills ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Glen Hills.

  • Birmingham
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Hoover
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Hoover is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 85,959 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoover <4>
  • Vestavia Hills
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Alabaster
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Homewood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Pelham
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Helena
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Mountain Brook
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Hueytown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Fairfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Glen Hills. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Glen Hills.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Glen Hills. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Glen Hills.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Glen Hills. See our Newspapers Page for Glen Hills.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Glen Hills ...

Looking for more information about Glen Hills? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Glen Hills, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Glen Hills.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Glen Hills - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 205 code has been Overlayed with the 659 area code. New phone numbers in the Glen Hills area will be assigned with one of these codes: 205 or 659. As a result, placing a call in the Glen Hills area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.