Heather Hills Apartments for Rent

Stately homes and the lush North Carolina landscape define the area of the Heather Hills neighborhood of Winston-Salem. In addition to its aesthetically pleasing location, Heather Hills is also close to to a variety of historical venues dating back to Winston-Salem’s inception as a metropolitan force with which to be reckoned.

Salem was founded in the mid-18th century by a group of Moravians who left their homeland, currently part of the Czech Republic. Historic Old Salem was founded as a trade town. The Heather Hills neighborhood is less than six miles away from the Old Salem Museums and Gardens, an area devoted to preserving and celebrating Old Salem’s Heritage. Visitors to the museums can find costumed craftsmen replicating the trades that established the area economically.

In addition to historical places of interest, residents of Heather Hills are within a short driving distance of several private schools, such as Salem Academy and Summit School. The Academy, which was founded in 1772, is a boarding and day school for girls. Summit is a co-educational facility committed to academic excellence.

Residents are fortunate to have four institutions of higher learning only a brief commute from the Heather Hills community: Wake Forest University; Winston-Salem State University; the University of North Carolina School of the Arts; and Salem College, which shares its 64-acre campus with Salem Academy.

The many educational options, coupled with ease of commuting to both cultural and historical attractions available to those who call Heather Hills home, establish the community as a cut above countless other suburban areas of its size.