Forest Lake in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.2075, -88.0556
- Elevation
- 248 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 659
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1000 km away
- Same name
- 11 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Forest Lake, Illinois, United States
Local time right now in Forest Lake, Illinois, United States appears above, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Forest Lake, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Forest Lake
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Forest Lake, Illinois.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:07 AM Solar noon 12:39 PM Sunset 6:11 PM Daylight 11 h 04 min Night 12 h 56 min Civil twilight 6:39 AM – 6:39 PM
Weather in Forest Lake right now
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Forest Lake and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 55025
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Illinois
Other places named Forest Lake
- Forest Lake Queensland, Australia
- Forest Lake Minnesota, United States
- Forest Lake Alabama, United States
- Forest Lake California, United States
- Forest Lake South Carolina, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Fairfield — 1.4 km
- Gilmer — 3.2 km
- Lochanora — 3.9 km
- Kildeer — 4.2 km
- Valentine Manor — 4.8 km
- Brentwood — 6.1 km
Local time details for Forest Lake
There is 1 postal code zones in Forest Lake.
Forest Lake sits in the America/Chicago time zone, which runs at UTC−5. Daylight saving time: Yes.
In Forest Lake, first light arrives at 7:07 AM and the sun goes down at 6:11 PM. The day holds 11 h 04 min of light.
If you are looking near Forest Lake, both Fairfield and Gilmer keep the same time.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone contains Forest Lake?
- Forest Lake is in America/Chicago, which has an offset of −5.
- Does the clock in Forest Lake follow a summer time schedule?
- Daylight saving in Forest Lake: Yes.
- Which time marks sunrise in Forest Lake?
- 7:07 AM marks sunrise.