Forest Heights, Maryland

About Forest Heights

Forest Heights, MD is a small town located in southern Maryland counting 2,639 people who proudly call it home.

Forest Heights holds the status of an incorporated town — local government on a neighborly scale. The community covers 1.64 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 1,609 residents per square mile.

📰 Forest Heights News Today

• Police officer crashes into Prince George's County house FOX 5 DC · Aug 4
• 3 Children, driver hospitalized after Forest Heights police cruiser hits car and house WJLA · Aug 4
• Maryland police cruiser crashes into house, causing significant damage WUSA9 · Aug 5
• 21-Acre Mixed-Use Development Project Clears Approvals In Forest Heights The BayNet · Nov 25
• National View Prince George's County Development The Maryland Wire · Nov 24

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Forest Heights Unique

• Positioned in southern Maryland, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Maryland — one of 536 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 3 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Forest Heights

Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Forest Heights

• 1799 Prime — seafood
• 1799 Prime Steak & Seafood — steak house
• Ada's on the River — american
• Blackwall Hitch — seafood
• Bollywood Masala — indian
• Bugsy's Pizza Restaurant and Sports Bar — pizza
• Cafe du Soleil — french (café)
• Caphe Banh Mi — vietnamese
• Chart House — seafood
• Cooper Mill

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Athenaeum · Art gallery
• Oxon Hill Farm · Museum
• Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Musuem · Museum
• Torpedo Factory Art Center

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Forest Heights

• 🏞️ Oxon Cove Park · National Park reviews ★
• Ford's Landing reviews ★
• Oxon Hill Manor reviews ★
• Rosilie Island Community Park reviews ★
• Tide Lock Park reviews ★
• Alexandria House Park reviews ★
• Armory Tot Lot reviews ★
• Bald Eagle Hill reviews ★
• Bald Eagle Recreation Center reviews ★
• Carlyle House Historic Park reviews ★
• Fort Greble reviews ★
• Founders Park reviews ★

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

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Forest Heights

🏘️ Nearby Communities