 Rivertowne Shopping Center with a K-Mart and a Home Depot, and a very large, modern public library, are both just one to two miles from Forest Heights.Forest Heights is bordered on the south by the large new National Harbor conference center and resort, which opened its first phase in April 2008.As of the census of 2010, there were 2,447 people, 868 households, and 619 families residing in the town.