Map of Lake Forest, United States

Lake Forest is a city in California, United States, with a population of about 82,492. It lies at 33.6470°N, 117.6892°W, about 148 m above sea level. Lake Forest is about 3,660 km (2,274 mi) west of Washington, D.C., the capital. The nearest city on our map is Mission Viejo, 5 km to the south.

Lake Forest at a glance

Where is Lake Forest?

• Located in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 55 min on the shortest day to 14 h 23 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Lake Forest

• Mission Viejo — 5 km south
• Rancho Santa Margarita — 8 km east
• Aliso Viejo — 10 km south
• Irvine — 13 km west
• Laguna Niguel — 14 km south
• San Juan Capistrano — 16 km south
• Tustin — 17 km northwest
• Santa Ana — 20 km northwest
• Dana Point — 20 km south
• Costa Mesa — 21 km west

Largest cities in California

• Los Angeles — 3,820,914
• San Diego — 1,404,452
• San Jose — 997,368
• San Francisco — 827,526
• Fresno — 542,107
• Sacramento — 524,943
• Long Beach — 474,140
• Oakland — 419,267
• Bakersfield — 373,640
• Anaheim — 350,742

Largest cities in United States

• New York City — 8,804,190
• Los Angeles — 3,820,914
• Brooklyn — 2,736,074
• Chicago — 2,664,452
• Queens — 2,316,841
• Houston — 2,314,157
• Phoenix — 1,650,070
• Philadelphia — 1,573,916
• San Antonio — 1,526,656
• Manhattan — 1,487,536

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.