Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Forest Hills (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Forest Hills. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Forest Hills is located in Hamilton County.
To see how the shape of Tennessee's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hamilton County: Catoosa (GA), Dade (GA), Walker (GA), Whitfield (GA), Bledsoe, Bradley, Marion, Meigs, Rhea & Sequatchie.
Below are the counties that are near Forest Hills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Forest Hills:
- Hamilton County (The home county of Forest Hills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
- Hillsboro Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hillsboro Heights is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 450 people
- Ridgeside
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Ridgeside is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 446 people
- Kings Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Kings Point is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
- Boyce
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Boyce is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyce
- Orchard Knob
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Orchard Knob is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Knob
- Ridgedale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgedale is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgedale
- Colonial Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Colonial Village is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- East Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Brainerd Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brainerd Hills is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brainerd Hills
- Lupton City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lupton City is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lupton City
- Midvale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Midvale is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
- Chattanooga
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bledsoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
- Brayton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Brayton is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
- Pailo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pailo is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pailo
- Bradley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
- Mineral Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mineral Park is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Park
- McDonald
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bent Tree Acres
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bent Tree Acres is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Tree Acres
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,309 people
- Cleveland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- South Cleveland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- South Cleveland is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cleveland
- Population from the 2010 Census: 6,912 people
- Wildwood Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wildwood Lake is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Lake
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,124 people
- Earnest ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Earnest is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earnest
- East Cleveland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- East Cleveland is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cleveland
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,608 people
- Countryside Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Countryside Village is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside Village
- Hopewell Estates
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell Estates is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,874 people
- Hopewell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Etola
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Etola is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etola
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
- Palmer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- White City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- White City is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
- Whiteside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Whiteside is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteside
- Vulcan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Vulcan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
- Powells Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Powells Crossroads is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powells Crossroads
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,352 people
- Condra
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Condra is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condra
- Whitwell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jasper
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Kimball
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- New Hope
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- New Hope is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- Ketchall ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ketchall is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchall
- South Pittsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Richard City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Richard City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richard City
- Comfort
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Comfort is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Meigs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
- East View
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- East View is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East View
- Estimated population in 2014: 705 people
- Cayuga Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cayuga Town is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Town
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
- Oldfort
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Oldfort is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfort
- Ocoee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ball Play
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ball Play is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Play
- Rhea County
- Graysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Graysville is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
- Sequatchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
- Cartwright
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cartwright is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,261 people
- Center Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Center Point is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Daus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Daus is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daus
- Dunlap
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- DeKalb County (AL)
- Cartersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cartersville is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville
- Jackson County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
- Bryant
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Eliza
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eliza is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliza
- Higdon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Long Island
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Long Island is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island
- Bridgeport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bridgeport is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,272 people
- Former name for Bridgeport:
- Jonesville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridgeport <1>
- Copenhagen ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Copenhagen is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copenhagen
- Catoosa County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
- Lakeview
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lakeview is located in Catoosa County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Newnan Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Newnan Springs is located in Catoosa County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newnan Springs
- Estimated population in 2019: 41,581 people
- Dafron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dafron is located in Catoosa County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dafron
- Estimated population in 2019: 7,294 people
- Midway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Catoosa County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Fort Oglethorpe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Graysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Springs is located in Catoosa County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Boynton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Boynton is located in Catoosa County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
- Ellie Spring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ellie Spring is located in Catoosa County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellie Spring
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,714 people
- Poplar Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Springs is located in Catoosa County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Ringgold
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Spring
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Blue Spring is located in Catoosa County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Spring
- Dade County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
- Wildwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Morganville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Morganville is located in Dade County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,835 people
- Trenton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cole City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cole City is located in Dade County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cole City
- Population from the 2010 Census: 127 people
- Stewart Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stewart Town is located in Dade County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Town
- Rising Fawn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Murray County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
- Gregory
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Gregory is located in Murray County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Population from the 2010 Census: 7,432 people
- Temple Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Temple Grove is located in Murray County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Grove
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,795 people
- Sumac
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sumac is located in Murray County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumac
- Tennga
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cisco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Crandall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Walker County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
- John Ross Estates
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- John Ross Estates is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Ross Estates
- Estimated population in 2018: 84,310 people
- Rossville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dewberry Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dewberry Town is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewberry Town
- Fairview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Orchard Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Orchard Hills is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 232 people
- Park City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Park City is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Warren Terrace
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Warren Terrace is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Terrace
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,720 people
- Lookout Mountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rock City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rock City is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Fantasy Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fantasy Hills is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fantasy Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 316 people
- Flintstone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Happy Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Happy Valley is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Estimated population in 2019: 192 people
- Whitfield County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
- Parrett Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Parrett Crossing is located in Whitfield County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrett Crossing
- Estimated population in 2019: 136 people
- Cohutta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Red Clay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Red Clay is located in Whitfield County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Clay
- Tunnel Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Varnell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Crow ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Crow is located in Whitfield County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow
- Trickum
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Trickum is located in Whitfield County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trickum
- Plainview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Plainview is located in Whitfield County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Estimated population in 2019: 318 people
- Rocky Face
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon Springs ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Gordon Springs is located in Whitfield County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Springs
- Waring
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Waring is located in Whitfield County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waring
- Dalton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dalton is located in Whitfield County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 33,368 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dalton <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Forest Hills, see our County-by-County Page for Forest Hills.
Cemeteries Near Forest Hills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Forest Hills.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Forest Hills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Forest Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
- Greenwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jones Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mission Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pleasant Gardens Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lakewood East Memory Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lakewood Memory Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Memory Gardens
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lakewood Memory Gardens is a large cemetery that is located in Chattanooga.
- The Lakewood Memory Gardens has also been known as:
- Lakewood Memory Gardens East
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #14448 <2>
- Citizens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Wilson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hancock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kings Point Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Beck Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Chattanooga National Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (628 more) ...
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lomenick Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Brainerd Mission Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Forest Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Forest Hills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
- East Chattanooga
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- East Chattanooga is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Chattanooga
- Orchard Knob
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Orchard Knob is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Knob
- Ridgedale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgedale is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgedale
- Jersey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jersey is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jersey
- Kings Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Kings Point is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
- Boyce
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Boyce is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyce
- Tyner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Tyner is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
- Chattanooga
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rossville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bank
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Elmo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Elmo is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
- Harrison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hixson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lookout Mountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Graysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Forest Hills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Forest Hills.
Newspapers Published in Forest Hills ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Forest Hills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Forest Hills, there are papers which were published within 5 miles [8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Forest Hills.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Forest Hills:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Hamilton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bledsoe County
- Bradley County
- Grundy County
- Marion County
- Meigs County
- Polk County
- Rhea County
- Sequatchie County
- DeKalb County
- Jackson County
- Catoosa County
- Dade County
- Murray County
- Walker County
- Whitfield County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Forest Hills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Forest Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |