Lake Forest in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.8709, -82.3415
- Elevation
- 305 m above sea level
- Region
- South Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 650 km away
- Same name
- 22 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Lake Forest, South Carolina, United States
Watch the current local time in Lake Forest, South Carolina, United States, running on the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Lake Forest, United States
Sunday, 15 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Lake Forest
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Lake Forest.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:05 AM Solar noon 12:15 PM Sunset 5:26 PM Daylight 10 h 21 min Night 13 h 39 min Civil twilight 6:38 AM – 5:53 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 South Carolina
- Columbia 142 416
- Charleston 132 609
- North Charleston 108 304
- Mount Pleasant 81 317
- Rock Hill 71 548
- Greenville 64 579
Other places named Lake Forest
- Lake Forest California, United States
- Lake Forest Illinois, United States
- Lake Forest Florida, United States
- Lake Forest Ohio, United States
- Lake Forest Alabama, 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
- Timberlake — 0.5 km
- Watson Orchard — 1.5 km
- Morningside — 1.5 km
- Wildaire — 1.6 km
- Dellwood — 2.0 km
- Bird Fields — 2.0 km
Local time details for Lake Forest
Lake Forest is placed in America/New_York, and its offset from UTC is −5. Daylight saving observed here: No.
The sun rises at 7:05 AM, sets at 5:26 PM, and stays over Lake Forest for 10 h 21 min. That is today's daylight.
Time runs the same in Lake Forest and in nearby Timberlake and Morningside.
2 postal codes are current for Lake Forest.
Questions and answers
- How can I identify the time zone of Lake Forest?
- The time zone of Lake Forest is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does Lake Forest take part in daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Lake Forest: No.
- When does daylight end in Lake Forest?
- Daylight ends at 5:26 PM.