Forest Hills
Forest Hills is a village in Jackson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 365 at the 2010 census. Formerly a neighborhood within nearby unincorporated Cullowhee, it became incorporated in 1997.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 323 residents
- Description: village in North Carolina, United States
- Also known as: “Forest Hills, NC” and “Forest Hills, North Carolina”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium and Hunter Library.
Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium
Pitch
Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium is a 13,742-seat football stadium in Cullowhee, North Carolina. It opened in 1974 and is home to the Western Carolina University Catamounts football team.
Hunter Library
Library
Hunter Library is the university library at Western Carolina University and is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina. Hunter Library supports Western Carolina University's mission of teaching and learning.
Jackson County Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: RichardKenni, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jackson County Airport is a small airfield situated on a ridge about three miles southeast of the town of Sylva, the county seat of Jackson County, North Carolina, United States. Jackson County Airport is situated 1½ miles northwest of Forest Hills.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cullowhee and Webster.
Cullowhee
Village
Photo: RichardKenni, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cullowhee is a census-designated place in Jackson County, North Carolina, United States. It is located on the Tuckasegee River, and the permanent population was 7,682 at the 2020 census up from 6,228 at the 2010 census.
Webster
Town
Photo: RichardKenni, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Webster is a town in Jackson County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 363, down from 486 in 2000. Webster was the first county seat of Jackson County, until Sylva assumed the role in 1913. Webster is situated 3½ miles northwest of Forest Hills.
Sylva
Photo: Nickbreedlove, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sylva is a mountain town located along the Plot Balsam Mountain chain of the North Carolina Mountains. Its artsy culture and music roots give the town its popular nickname of being “The New Orleans” of the Carolinas.
Forest Hills
- Categories: village in the United States, city in North Carolina, and locality
- Location: Cullowhee Township, Jackson, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.29732° or 35° 17′ 50″ northLongitude
-83.19348° or 83° 11′ 37″ westPopulation
323Elevation
2,300 feet (701 metres)Open location code
867R7RW4+WJOpenStreetMap ID
node 154181982OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
4466740Wikidata ID
Q2452604
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“Forest Hills” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فورست هيلز”
- Basque: “Forest Hills”
- Catalan: “Forest Hills”
- Cebuano: “Forest Hills”
- Chinese: “Forest Hills”
- Chinese: “福里斯特希爾斯 (北卡羅萊納州)”
- Chinese: “福里斯特希爾斯”
- Dutch: “Forest Hills”
- French: “Forest Hills”
- German: “Forest Hills”
- Gilaki: “فؤرست هیلز (کلسيايي کارؤلینا)”
- Gilaki: “فؤرست هیلز”
- Italian: “Forest Hills”
- Ladin: “Forest Hills”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Forest Hills”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Forest Hills (Nord-Carolina)”
- Norwegian: “Forest Hills”
- Persian: “فریست هیل”
- Polish: “Forest Hills”
- Portuguese: “Forest Hills”
- Serbian: “Форест Хилс”
- Serbian: “Форист Хилс”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Forest Hills, North Carolina”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Forest Hills”
- Spanish: “Forest Hills”
- Swedish: “Forest Hills, North Carolina”
- Swedish: “Forest Hills”
- Ukrainian: “Форест-Гіллс”
- Urdu: “فارسٹ ہلز، شمالی کیرولائنا”
- Volapük: “Forest Hills”
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