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Welcome to Forest Hill ...

Forest Hill is located in San Francisco County<1>.

Forest Hill is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Forest Hill lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Forest Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 47 communities that are also named Forest Hill - they are located in Alabama, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana (2), Kansas (4), Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Brunswick, New Jersey (3), North Carolina (2), Nova Scotia (3), Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward Island, Tennessee (6), Texas (5), Virginia (4) and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Forest Hill.

Communities near Forest Hill ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Forest Hill.

  • Oakland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Berkeley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Richmond
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
    • Richmond is located in Contra Costa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 110,038 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richmond <3>
  • Daly City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • San Mateo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • San Leandro
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Alameda
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • South San Francisco
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • San Rafael
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • San Bruno
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)

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 Forest Hill. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Forest Hill.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Forest Hill. 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 Forest Hill.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Forest Hill ...

Looking for more information about Forest Hill? 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 Forest Hill, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Forest Hill.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including San Francisco, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Forest Hill - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.