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Welcome to Moonlight Forest ...

Moonlight Forest is located in DeKalb County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Moonlight Forest: Moonlight Frst.

Moonlight Forest is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Websites for Moonlight Forest ...

Junior League:   www.jldekalb.org/

Communities near Moonlight Forest ...

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

  • Atlanta
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Brookhaven
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Brookhaven is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
  • Stonecrest
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Stonecrest is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecrest
  • Dunwoody West
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Dunwoody West is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunwoody West
    • Estimated population in 2015: 48,733 people
  • Peachtree Corners
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Milstead
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Milstead is located in Rockdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milstead
    • Estimated population in 2018: 39,217 people
  • Tucker
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • East Point
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Chamblee
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Stockbridge
    (9 miles [14.5 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 Moonlight Forest. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Moonlight Forest.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Moonlight Forest ...

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

Footnotes ...

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