Discover Lake Forest!

Information provided by the Lake Forest Community Council

Lake Forest is a planned community located in beautiful South Orange County between Irvine and Mission Viejo. Lake Forest is a great place to raise a family!

  • Lake Forest offers a wide variety of homes at great values!
  • Most areas of Lake Forest do not have Mello Roos property taxes, which can add several hundred dollars to your monthly house payment!
  • Lake Forest offers view homes, secluded homes in the woods, beautifully maintained mobile home communities, lake front residences, affordable condominiums - we've got it all!
  • Excellent Saddleback Valley School District - rated in top 3 in Orange County based on SAT scores.
  • Lake Forest is consistently rated as one of the safest cities in America by various government and private surveys.
  • We are a planned community with a friendly small-town atmosphere. Our numerous parks, equestrian and hiking trails, wooded areas, and beautiful lakes provide a natural and relaxing environment for all Lake Forest homeowners!
  • Lake Forest is convenient to everything! The beach, colleges, shopping, hospitals, freeway access - all are minutes away.
  • You can live and work in Lake Forest! Employment in Lake Forest is growing fast with the new Pacific Commerce Center.
  • We have a small and efficient City government with no special taxes and no business license fees!

Lake Forest offers a wide variety of homes and is conveniently located in the heart of South Orange County (take the Lake Forest Drive exit from interstate 5). We hope you will pay us a visit and discover why we are so proud of our community!

Visit Lake Forest and see why our residents

say it's the best place to live in Orange County!