Map of Wake Forest, United States

Wake Forest is a city in North Carolina, United States, with a population of about 38,199. It lies at 35.9799°N, 78.5097°W, about 119 m above sea level. Wake Forest is about 349 km (217 mi) south of Washington, D.C., the capital. The nearest city on our map is Raleigh, 26 km to the southwest.

Wake Forest at a glance

Where is Wake Forest?

• Located in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 43 min on the shortest day to 14 h 36 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Wake Forest

• Raleigh — 26 km southwest
• Cary — 32 km southwest
• Durham — 35 km west
• Apex — 41 km southwest
• Chapel Hill — 50 km west
• Wilson — 61 km southeast
• Rocky Mount — 65 km east
• Goldsboro — 81 km southeast
• Burlington — 84 km west
• Danville — 104 km northwest

Largest cities in North Carolina

• Charlotte — 911,311
• Raleigh — 482,295
• Greensboro — 285,342
• Durham — 257,636
• Winston-Salem — 241,218
• Fayetteville — 201,963
• Cary — 159,769
• Wilmington — 115,933
• High Point — 110,268
• Asheville — 95,056

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.