Lake Forest is a city in Orange County. It is currently the most densely populated city in South Orange County.
Seeded in history, nestled within rolling hills, lakes and stands of eucalyptus, and freeway close, Lake Forest is a community that is responsive to business and aggressive in its desire for attracting and retaining an excellent business community.
Lake Forest has been carefully master-planned to help ensure that it will always be an ideal place to live and conducive to business growth. Consequently, the amenities for encouraging residential and business growth are highly valued and carefully nurtured by those groups and individuals whose role is to help the City grow.
The city has two lakes from which the city gets its name. The lakes are man-made, and condominiums and custom homes ranging from large to small line their shores. The Lake Forest Beach and Tennis Club and Sun and Sail Club feature tennis courts, gyms, basketball courts, barbecue pits, volleyball courts, multiple swimming pools, saunas, hot tubs and club houses for social events. The "forest" for which the city is also named lies in the area between Ridge Route, Jeronimo, Lake Forest and Serrano roads, and consists mostly of Eucalyptus trees. It began in the 1900s when a local landowner, Dwight Whiting, planted 400 acres of Eucalyptus groves in the vicinity of Serrano Creek as part of a lumber operation. In the late 1960s, the Occidental Petroleum company developed a residential community in and around the Eucalyptus groves which had long since expanded and grown much more dense.
Housing cost
Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $579,700
Mean prices in 2008: All housing units: $562,219; Detached houses: $665,550; Townhouses or other attached units: $423,885; In 2-unit structures: $675,026; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $280,252; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $330,523; Mobile homes: $49,750
Demographics
Population in July 2007: 61,169. Lake Forest covers 12.5 square miles. Zip codes: 92630 - Area code commonly used in this area: 949
Weather
Lake Forest, CA climate is warm during summer when temperatures tend to be in the 70's and cool during winter when temperatures tend to be in the 50's.
The warmest month of the year is August with an average maximum temperature of 83.40 degrees Fahrenheit, while the coldest month of the year is December with an average minimum temperature of 47.10 degrees Fahrenheit.
Temperature variations between night and day tend to be moderate during summer with a difference that can reach 20 degrees Fahrenheit, and fairly limited during winter with an average difference of 19 degrees Fahrenheit.
The annual average precipitation at Lake Forest is 14.03 Inches. Rainfall in is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year. The wettest month of the year is February with an average rainfall of 3.38 Inches.
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