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Welcome to Penn Forest ...

Penn Forest is located in Roanoke County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Penn Forest: Penn Frst.

Penn Forest is 1,220 feet [372 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities Also Named Penn Forest ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Virginia communities named Penn Forest: This one is located in Roanoke County and the other is located in Campbell County.

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

Communities near Penn Forest ...

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

  • Roanoke
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Salem
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Vinton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Rocky Mount
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Troutville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Boones Mill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Garden City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Garden City is located in Roanoke City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
  • Buena Vista
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Buena Vista is located in Roanoke City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
  • Sunset Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Sunset Village is located in Salem City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
  • Bent Mountain
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Penn Forest ...

Looking for more information about Penn 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 Penn Forest, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Penn 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 Penn 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 Penn Forest area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Penn 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.