Lake Forest is a young city situated in the Saddleback Valley adjacent to the 1,500 acre Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park and beautiful Saddleback Mountains descriptively named for their appearance. Also serving as the gateway to Cleveland National Forest, this fairly new city was incorporated on December 20, 1991.

Remnants and relics of its historic past are visible in nearby Rancho Las Lomas (shown in photo above) which in privately owned and used for weddings, corporate events and tours. Another treasure is Cook's Corner, a favorite hang out for touring groups that arrive decked out in their finest leather outfits and expensive Harley motorcycles. While the new urban cowboys saddle up their bikes for trips to a bar once serving as military barracks during World War II, earlier generations rode horses and farmed the fertile Saddleback Valley.

Lake Forest is located in the heart of South Orange County, California in east of  Interstate 5 and 405 Freeways near the Foothill and Eastern Transportation Corridors, which provide easy access to Los Angeles, San Diego, and the Inland Empire.

Public parks offer everything from  tennis, handball, basketball and volleyball courts, tot lots, a golf course, stable, hiking, biking, and equestrian trails cozy picnic areas and barbecues, to boating and swimming. There are free summer concerts in the park, theaters, community playhouse productions as well as special events at Heritage Hill, Historical Park. 

For the traveler, Lake Forest is an ideal location for overnight hotel stays for day trips to San Diego Zoo, Wild Animal Park, Old Town,  Seaworld and  Tijuana, and trips to Los Angeles, Universal Studios, Hollywood and Disneyland.  There is an abundance of good restaurants and lots of shopping and local movie theaters, golf clubs, skate parks and more.  

Rancho Las Lomas  Call: (949) 589-9630
19191 Lawrence Canyon, Silverado, California 92676