Maryland
Capital Region
Prince George’s County

Forest Heights

Forest Heights is a town in , , United States, and is part of the larger postal designation of . The town straddles both sides of dual-lane Maryland Route 210 and includes two elementary schools.
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  • Type: Village with 2,660 residents
  • Description: town in Prince George’s County, Maryland, United States
  • Also known as: “Forest Heights, Maryland” and “Forest Heights, MD”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bellevue/William O. Lockridge Library and MGM National Harbor.

Library
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Bellevue/William O. Lockridge Neighborhood Library is part of the District of Columbia Public Library System. It was originally opened to the public in 1959.

Casino
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is a casino hotel in , just outside of It opened on December 8, 2016, and cost $1.4 billion. It is owned by Vici Properties and operated by MGM Resorts International.

Island
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is a vanishing island located in the in the southwest quadrant of , in the . It is a rarely above-water mudflat located at the mouth of , roughly between Oronoco Bay in and Marbury Point, now part of the Blue Plains water treatment plant. is situated 2 miles west of Forest Heights.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glassmanor and Oxon Hill.

Village
is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in , , United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 18,430.

Town
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is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in southern , , United States. is a close suburb of , located southeast of the downtown district and east of , .

Neighborhood
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is a residential neighborhood in far Southeast and Southwest in , United States. It is bounded by South Capitol Street, one block of Atlantic Street SE, and 1st Streets SE and SW to the north and east; Joliet Street SW and to the south; Martin Luther King Jr.

Forest Heights

Latitude
38.81523° or 38° 48′ 55″ north
Longitude
-76.99859° or 76° 59′ 55″ west
Population
2,660
Elevation
157 feet (48 metres)
Open location code
87C5R282+3H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158629650
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4355230
Wiki­data ID
Q754626
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Forest Heights” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فورست هايتس”
  • Catalan: “Forest Heights”
  • Cebuano: “Forest Heights”
  • Chechen: “Форест-Гайтс (Мэриленд)”
  • Chechen: “Форест-Гайтс”
  • Chinese: “Forest Heights”
  • Chinese: “福雷斯特海茨 (馬里蘭州)”
  • Chinese: “福雷斯特海茨”
  • Dutch: “Forest Heights”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فورست هايتس”
  • French: “Forest Heights”
  • German: “Forest Heights”
  • Gilaki: “فؤرست هایتس (مريلند)”
  • Gilaki: “فؤرست هایتس”
  • Hungarian: “Forest Heights”
  • Italian: “Forest Heights”
  • Ladin: “Forest Heights”
  • Mazanderani: “فارست هایتس (مریلند)”
  • Mazanderani: “فارست هایتس”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Forest Heights”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Forest Heights”
  • Norwegian: “Forest Heights”
  • Persian: “فارست هایتس”
  • Persian: “فریست هایت، مریلند”
  • Polish: “Forest Heights”
  • Portuguese: “Forest Heights”
  • Serbian: “Форест Хајтс”
  • Serbian: “Форист Хајтс (Мериленд)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Forest Heights, Maryland”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Forest Heights”
  • Slovenian: “Forest Heights”
  • Spanish: “Forest Heights (Maryland)”
  • Spanish: “Forest Heights”
  • Tatar: “Форест-Гайтс (Мэриленд)”
  • Tatar: “Форест-Гайтс”
  • Ukrainian: “Форест-Гайтс”
  • Uzbek: “Forest Heights”
  • Uzbek: “Форест Ҳеигҳц”
  • Volapük: “Forest Heights”
  • Welsh: “Forest Heights, Maryland”
  • Welsh: “Forest Heights”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Oaks at Oxon Hill and Harbor Terrace.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Saint Mark African Methodist Episcopal Church and Forest Heights Town Hall.

Prince George’s County: Must-Visit Destinations

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