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Lake Forest

Lake Forest is an unincorporated community in , . Lake Forest is located on , 6.25 miles southwest of . It lies at an elevation of 6260 feet. The Lake Forest post office operated from 1947 to 1951.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Neighborhood
  • Description: unincorporated community in Placer County, California
  • Also known as: “Lake Forest, CA” and “Lake Forest, Placer County, California”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Watson Log Cabin and Burton Creek State Park.

Museum
Photo: Almonroth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
in , was built in 1908 by Robert Montgomery Watson. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. is situated 1½ miles southwest of Lake Forest.

Nature reserve
is a state park in the U.S. state of , located in near . Situated on the outskirts of , the park offers 6 miles of unpaved roadway for hiking and cross-country skiing. is situated 1½ miles west of Lake Forest.

Dam
Photo: Little Mountain 5, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a concrete gravity dam on the Truckee River, at the outlet of in . Tahoe Dam regulates the top six feet of Lake Tahoe, and distributes the water into Tahoe's primary outflow, the Truckee River. is situated 2 miles southwest of Lake Forest.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dollar Point and Tahoe City.

Locality
is a census-designated place in , , United States, along the northwest shore of . It is part of the –– Metropolitan Statistical Area.

is a town on the side of the region. The city was once the site of logging and hunting activity for the northern Tahoe Basin, now it is little more than a year round vacation town catering to visitors and locals daily needs.

Locality
Photo: Finetooth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a census-designated place in , , located on the northwest shore of . The population was 1,555 at the 2020 census, down from 1,557 at the 2010 census, and its land area is 3.5 mi2. is situated 2 miles southwest of Lake Forest.

Lake Forest

Latitude
39.18435° or 39° 11′ 4″ north
Longitude
-120.11464° or 120° 6′ 53″ west
Elevation
6,260 feet (1,908 metres)
Open location code
84FX5VMP+P4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 141029902
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
5364515
Wiki­data ID
Q6475854
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Urdu—“Lake Forest” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “森林湖 (加利福尼亞州普萊瑟縣)”
  • Chinese: “森林湖”
  • French: “Lake Forest”
  • Irish: “Lake Forest”
  • Persian: “لیک فورست، شهرستان پلیسر، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “لیک فورست”
  • Turkish: “Lake Forest”
  • Urdu: “لیک فارسٹ، پلیسر کاؤنٹی، کیلیفورنیا”
  • Urdu: “لیک فارسٹ”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Dog Park and Lake Forest Beach Park.

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