Lake Forest in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.7718, -76.5297
- Elevation
- 6 m above sea level
- Region
- Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 240 km away
- Same name
- 22 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Lake Forest, Virginia, United States
This page shows what the clocks read right now in Lake Forest, Virginia, United States, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Lake Forest, United States
Tuesday, 10 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 6:40 AM Solar noon 11:51 AM Sunset 5:02 PM Daylight 10 h 22 min Night 13 h 38 min Civil twilight 6:13 AM – 5:30 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 Virginia
- Virginia Beach 454 808
- Norfolk 238 005
- Chesapeake 235 429
- Richmond 226 610
- Arlington 207 627
- Newport News 186 247
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
- Nansemond — 0.5 km
- Cedar Lake Shores — 0.7 km
- Wilroy — 1.7 km
- Beamon — 2.6 km
- Magnolia — 3.0 km
- Soroco — 3.9 km
Lake Forest: clock, sun and surroundings
2 postal codes divide Lake Forest.
The time zone assigned to Lake Forest is America/New_York, held at UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Sun-up in Lake Forest is 6:40 AM today and sun-down is 5:02 PM. That gap holds 10 h 22 min of daylight.
The clock reading for Lake Forest covers nearby Nansemond and Cedar Lake Shores as well.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone setting matches Lake Forest?
- The time zone setting that matches Lake Forest is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Is the hour in Lake Forest changed for daylight saving at any time of year?
- No.
- When does the sun appear in Lake Forest?
- It appears at 6:40 AM.