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Welcome to Emerald Hills ...

Emerald Hills is located in Clayton County<1>.

Emerald Hills is 860 feet [262 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Emerald Hills lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Emerald Hills (for example, toward Ranburne (AL)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Emerald Hills: 404, 470, 678 & 770<3>

Communities Also Named Emerald Hills ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Emerald Hills - they are located in California, Utah (2), Virginia and Washington.

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

Communities near Emerald Hills ...

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

  • Atlanta
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • South Fulton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • South Fulton is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fulton
  • Stonecrest
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Stonecrest is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecrest
  • Peachtree City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • East Point
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Stockbridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Stockbridge North
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Stockbridge North is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge North
    • Estimated population in 2019: 29,904 people
  • McDonough
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Pontevedra
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Pontevedra is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontevedra
    • Estimated population in 2019: 25,694 people
  • Decatur
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Emerald Hills ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Clayton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Emerald 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 404 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 470, 678 or 770. New phone numbers in the Emerald Hills area will be assigned with one of these codes: 404, 470, 678 or 770. As a result, placing a call in the Emerald 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.