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Welcome to Fairway Forest ...

Fairway Forest is located in Roanoke County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Fairway Forest: Fairway Frst.

Fairway Forest is 1,210 feet [369 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Fairway Forest: 540 & 826<3>

Communities Also Named Fairway Forest ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Fairway Forest - they are located in Louisiana and North Carolina.

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

Communities near Fairway Forest ...

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

  • Roanoke
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Blacksburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Vinton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Rocky Mount
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Troutville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Fincastle
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Boones Mill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • New Castle
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Wabun
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabun
    • Wabun is located in Roanoke County
  • Hanging Rock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Rock
    • Hanging Rock is located in Roanoke County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fairway Forest ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Roanoke, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fairway 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 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Fairway Forest area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Fairway 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.