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Welcome to Fairway Hills ...

Fairway Hills is located in Montgomery County<1>.

Fairway Hills is 210 feet [64 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Fairway Hills: 301, 227 & 240<3>

Communities Also Named Fairway Hills ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Fairway Hills - it's located in North Carolina.

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

Websites for Fairway Hills ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.montgomerycountychamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Fairway Hills, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Fairway Hills ...

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

  • Arlington
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Arlington is located in Arlington County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 207,627 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arlington <4>
  • Alexandria
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Rockville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Gaithersburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • College Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Laurel
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Laurel is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,548 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laurel <4>
  • Herndon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Herndon is located in Fairfax County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,573 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Herndon <4>
  • Fairfax
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Fairfax is located in Fairfax City (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,429 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairfax <4>
  • Greenbelt
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Greenbelt is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbelt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,229 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenbelt <4>
  • Hyattsville
    (9 miles [14.5 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 Fairway Hills. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fairway Hills.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fairway Hills ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maryland's counties, including Montgomery, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fairway 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 301 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 227 or 240. New phone numbers in the Fairway Hills area will be assigned with one of these codes: 301, 227 or 240. As a result, placing a call in the Fairway 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.