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Welcome to Brookwood Forest ...

Brookwood Forest is located in Greenville County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Brookwood Forest: Brookwood Frst.

Brookwood Forest is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Brookwood Forest: 864 & 821<3>

Communities Also Named Brookwood Forest ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Brookwood Forest - it's located in Alabama.

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

Communities near Brookwood Forest ...

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

  • Greenville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Greer
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer
    • Greer is located in Greenville County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,316 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greer <4>
  • Mauldin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauldin
    • Mauldin is located in Greenville County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,562 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mauldin <4>
  • Simpsonville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Easley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Fountain Inn
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Travelers Rest
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Lyman
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
    • Lyman is located in Spartanburg County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,796 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyman <4>
  • Duncan
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
    • Duncan is located in Spartanburg County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,715 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duncan <4>
  • Wellford
    (13 miles [20.9 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 Brookwood Forest. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Brookwood Forest.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brookwood Forest ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Greenville, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brookwood 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 864 code has been Overlayed with the 821 area code. New phone numbers in the Brookwood Forest area will be assigned with one of these codes: 864 or 821. As a result, placing a call in the Brookwood 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.