Lake Forest in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.2155, -77.9375
- Elevation
- 10 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 527 km away
- Same name
- 22 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Lake Forest, North Carolina, United States
The clock for Lake Forest, North Carolina, United States is kept here in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Lake Forest, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Lake Forest
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Lake Forest keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:19 AM Solar noon 12:58 PM Sunset 6:38 PM Daylight 11 h 19 min Night 12 h 41 min Civil twilight 6:53 AM – 7:03 PM
Weather in Lake Forest right now
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Lake Forest and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 60045
- 92630
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 North Carolina
- Charlotte 911 311
- Raleigh 482 295
- West Raleigh 338 759
- Greensboro 285 342
- Durham 257 636
- Winston-Salem 241 218
Other places named Lake Forest
- Lake Forest California, United States
- Lake Forest Illinois, United States
- Lake Forest Florida, United States
- Lake Forest Alabama, United States
- Lake Forest California, United States
Same time zone — America/New_York
- New York City United States
- Brooklyn United States
- Queens United States
- Philadelphia United States
- Manhattan United States
- The Bronx United States
Nearby places
- Wilmington — 1.3 km
- Delgado — 1.8 km
- Glen Meade — 2.6 km
- Forest Hills — 2.9 km
- Belville — 3.1 km
- Lincoln Forest — 3.4 km
Time and daylight in Lake Forest
2 postal codes serve Lake Forest.
The time zone here in Lake Forest is America/New_York, offset UTC−4. Does daylight saving apply? Yes.
Lake Forest has sunrise at 7:19 AM today and sunset at 6:38 PM. Light holds for 11 h 19 min.
Wilmington and Delgado, both nearby, hold the same time as Lake Forest.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is used by Lake Forest?
- Lake Forest uses the America/New_York time zone, which has an offset of −4.
- Does Lake Forest observe a seasonal time shift?
- Daylight saving in Lake Forest: Yes.
- When does morning light reach Lake Forest?
- At 7:19 AM.