Forest Glen, Maryland

About Forest Glen

Forest Glen is a small unincorporated community in central Maryland.

Forest Glen holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1 square miles.

📰 Forest Glen News Today

• Forest Glen Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 28
• Forest Glen Affordable Housing Project Wins Maryland Sustainable Growth Award - The MoCo Show - The MoCo Show - · Apr 29
• MHP Wins Maryland Sustainable Growth Award Montgomery Housing Partnership · Apr 24
• Silver Spring Metro Station Closed This Weekend, Shuttle Buses to Takoma, Forest Glen Source of the Spring · Jan 16
• Garbage truck overturns on Beltway I-495, traffic backed up for miles WUSA9 · Dec 27

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Forest Glen Unique

• The only place in America named Forest Glen — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Part of the fabric of Maryland — one of 536 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 2 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Forest Glen

Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Forest Glen

• Hunan City — chinese
• La Casa del Mofongo — caribbean
• Lime & Cilantro — latin american
• Milk & Honey — cajun
• Silvestre Chicken
• Spring Garden — asian
• Tropics Ice Cream — ice cream (café)
• El Viejo Central American Kitchen
• Mayflower — chinese

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• National Museum of Health and Medicine · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Forest Glen

• Argyle Local Park reviews ★
• Birch Drive Neighborhood Conservation Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Carroll Knolls Park reviews ★
• Evans Parkway Park reviews ★
• Forest Grove Neighborhood Park reviews ★
• Getty Park reviews ★
• Glen Haven Park reviews ★
• McKenney Hills Park reviews ★
• Montgomery Hills Park reviews ★
• Sligo-Dennis Avenue Local Park reviews ★
• Forest Glen Neighborhood Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Forest Glen

🏘️ Nearby Communities