Douglass Hills is a home rule-class city[3] in eastern Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States.
It is bordered to the east and south by Middletown, to the west by Jeffersontown, to the northwest by Blue Ridge Manor and Sycamore, and to the north by Louisville.
U.S. Route 60 (Shelbyville Road) forms part of the northern boundary of Douglass Hills, leading east 18 miles (29 km) to Shelbyville and west 12 miles (19 km) to downtown Louisville.
Interstate 64 passes 0.5 miles (0.8 km) south of Douglass Hills, with access from Exit 17 (Blankenbaker Parkway).
According to the United States Census Bureau, Douglass Hills has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.4 km2), of which 0.6 acres (2,363 m2), or 0.07%, are water.