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Welcome to Forest Echo ...

Forest Echo is located in Paulding County<1>.

Forest Echo is 1,100 feet [335 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Forest Echo: 404, 470, 678 & 770<3>

Communities near Forest Echo ...

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

  • South Fulton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • South Fulton is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fulton
  • Marietta
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Smyrna
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Kennesaw
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Kennesaw Acres
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Kennesaw Acres is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennesaw Acres
    • Estimated population in 2019: 34,077 people
  • Douglasville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Acworth
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Cartersville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Villa Rica
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Powder Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Forest Echo ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Paulding, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Forest Echo - 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 Forest Echo area will be assigned with one of these codes: 404, 470, 678 or 770. As a result, placing a call in the Forest Echo 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.