West Hills
West Hills is a hamlet and census-designated place in the Town of Huntington, Suffolk County, New York. The population was 5,592 at the 2010 census. Residents share a post office with the hamlet of Huntington but much earlier in its history, West Hills had its own post office, located on Jericho Turnpike.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 5,390 residents
- Description: census-designated place in Suffolk County, New York, United States
- Also known as: “West Hills, New York” and “West Hills, NY”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jayne’s Hill and Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site.
Jayne’s Hill
Peak
Photo: Goneja, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jayne's Hill, also known as High Hill, West Hills, Oakley's Hill, and Janes Hill, is the highest point on Long Island, New York with an elevation of between 387 feet and 400.9 feet above sea level.
Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site
Park
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site is a state historic site in West Hills, New York, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The site preserves the birthplace of American poet Walt Whitman.
Walt Whitman High School
School
Walt Whitman High School is a four-year public secondary school located at 301 West Hills Road, in Huntington Station, New York. It is South Huntington Union Free School District's only high school, serving students in Huntington Station, South Huntington, Melville, and West Hills.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Melville and South Huntington.
Melville
Town
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
Melville is an affluent hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Huntington in Suffolk County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 19,284 at the time of the 2020 census. Melville is situated 2 miles southeast of West Hills.
South Huntington
Town
Photo: DanTD, CC BY-SA 4.0.
South Huntington is an affluent hamlet and census-designated place within the Town of Huntington in Suffolk County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. South Huntington is situated 2 miles east of West Hills.
Woodbury
Town
Woodbury is a hamlet and census-designated place located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 9,335 at the time of the 2020 census. Woodbury is situated 2 miles west of West Hills.
West Hills
Latitude
40.81621° or 40° 48′ 58″ northLongitude
-73.43234° or 73° 25′ 56″ westPopulation
5,390Elevation
348 feet (106 metres)Open location code
87G8RH89+F3OpenStreetMap ID
node 158806162OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
5143857Wikidata ID
Q3461211
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“West Hills” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ويست هيلز”
- Armenian: “Ուեսթ Հիլզ”
- Basque: “West Hills”
- Catalan: “West Hills”
- Cebuano: “West Hills”
- Chinese: “西山”
- Chinese: “西希爾斯”
- Chinese: “韋斯特希爾斯”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ويست هيلز”
- French: “West Hills”
- German: “West Hills”
- Gilaki: “وست هیلز (نيۊیؤرک)”
- Gilaki: “وست هیلز”
- Irish: “West Hills”
- Italian: “West Hills”
- Ladin: “West Hills”
- Malagasy: “West Hills, New York”
- Malagasy: “West Hills”
- Persian: “وست هیلز، نیویورک”
- Persian: “وست هیلز”
- Polish: “West Hills”
- Serbian: “Вест Хилс”
- Serbo-Croatian: “West Hills, New York”
- Serbo-Croatian: “West Hills”
- South Azerbaijani: “وزت هیلس، نیویورک”
- Spanish: “West Hills (Nueva York)”
- Spanish: “West Hills”
- Swedish: “West Hills, New York”
- Swedish: “West Hills”
- Tatar: “Вест-Гиллс”
- Turkish: “West Hills”
- Ukrainian: “Вест-Гіллс”
- Volapük: “West Hills, New York”
- Volapük: “West Hills”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Rolling Hills at Woodbury and The Hamlet on Olde Oyster Bay.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include West Hills and Mountain Mist Spring.
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